Protesters flood Egypt streets - Middle East More than a million protesters flooded into central Cairo on Tuesday, turning the Egyptian capital's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square into a sea of humanity as massive protests against Hosni Mubarak swept across Middle East's most populous nation. Packed shoulder to shoulder in and around the famed square, the mass of people held aloft posters denouncing the Egyptian president, and chanted slogans "Go Mubarak Go" and "Leave! Leave! Leave!" Similar demonstrations calling on Mubarak to step down were also witnessed across other cities, including Sinai, Alexandria, Suez, Mansoura, Damnhour, Arish, Tanta and El-Mahalla el-Kubra. Tens of thousands marched in Alexandria while the number of those protesting in Sinai was estimated to be around 250,000. Tuesday's protests were by far the biggest since street demonstrations broke out against Mubarak's rule last week. "They're chanting the same slogans they've been chanting all week. 'Gaining momentum' "... Army promise
RT International community must demand that those who are in power in Kiev stop war on their own citizens in south-eastern Ukraine, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin told the UN Security Council. If Kiev fulfils its threat to use force against desperate South-eastern Ukrainians, it will undermine the prospect of a four-sided meeting in Geneva as well as other cooperation on the Ukrainian crisis, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov told his US counterpart. The newly-appointed head of Ukraine’s national gas company says the country “sees no reason” to comply with the “political” hike in gas prices imposed by Russia, and will formally stop transferring money to Moscow until the situation is resolved. The US is trying to blame Russia for missed opportunities to prevent the Boston marathon bombing last year, Russian Foreign Ministry said in response to recently released report that accused Moscow of withholding information about the bomber.
Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard Like many people we’ve been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service—the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection. We worked with a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow, a company we acquired last week, to make this idea a reality. We hope that this will go some way to helping people in Egypt stay connected at this very difficult time. Update Feb 1, 12:47 PM: When possible, we're now detecting the approximate (country-level) geographic origin of each call dialing one of our speak2tweet numbers and attaching a hashtag for that country to each tweet. 5 Al-Jazeera Journalists Just Got Arrested In Egypt
Egypt Women Show Courage Participating In Mubarak Protests "If I wasn't pregnant, I would've just stayed home." Marwa Rakha told the Huffington Post by phone, explaining her attendance of the protests in Egypt while seven months pregnant. "I went out because of my baby. I owe this to him." Rakha, an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo, is one of many women who has participated in the recent protests in Egypt. In these demonstrations, which have already led to Mubarak agreeing not to run for re-election, women have taken an active role: promoting them, leading crowds, and providing aid to harmed protesters. This is in a country where women typically don't have a large public role. Last year, the assembly passed a law mandating the creation of 64 new seats in the house that must go to women. But in the recent wave of protests in Egypt, women have been important contributors and have been accepted by their male counterparts. Rakha said she went to the protests alone. "I just took my cell phone and went," she said.
Egypt protests - live updates | News 1.47am GMT: Time to wrap up the live blogging for the night. Here's the Guardian's latest wrap-up of the day's events from our correspondents in Cairo, Alexandria, Washington DC and London. A summary of what we've learned in the last few hours: • US and Egyptian officials are working on a plan for Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to stand down immediately, and replaced by a three-man junta, according to a report in the New York Times • Mubarak remained defiant in an interview with ABC News's Christiane Amanpour, saying: "If I resign today, there will be chaos" • Fighting saw estimates of the death toll around Cairo's Tahrir Square rise to 13, with hundreds more injured, as protesters fortified the centre of the square • Protesters are gearing up for an expected mass demonstration on Friday • Attacks aimed at journalists and TV crews forced media off the streets and reduced the coverage of events in central Cairo Thanks for reading – and we'll certainly be covering Friday's protests. @ellozy
Limbaugh Jokes About Detention of NYT Journalists, Until He Learns Fox 'News' Reporters Hospitalized READER COMMENTS ON "Limbaugh Jokes About Detention of NYT Journalists, Until He Learns Fox 'News' Reporters Hospitalized"(32 Responses so far...) COMMENT #1 [Permalink] ... Ernest A. An exceptionally disgusting level of hypocrisy, even for the likes of Rush Limbaugh? COMMENT #2 [Permalink] ... I was surprised to learn via Twitter that FOX News reporting had suddenly become more fair and balanced with regard to Egypt after their reporters had the shit beat out of them. But I can't imagine that the owners of our corporate mainstream media will allow much truth, and I don't expect much from the alternative media either. But I have absolute faith in the people of Egypt. Yalla, Egypt! COMMENT #3 [Permalink] ... Wow! @Egyptocracy tweets: Shahira Amin is in #Tahrir now, siding with the people after quitting propaganda run state network Nile TV. And this as Mubarak's thugs prepare another massacre of the people in Tahrir Square. COMMENT #4 [Permalink] ... COMMENT #5 [Permalink] ... Are you kidding?
Energized protesters press for 'freedom,' revel in making history NEW: A protester in Alexandria says President Mubarak's "time is over"NEW: Video footage shows demonstrators overruning police on a Nile River bridgeNEW: A protester in Cairo says: "We'll do 3,000 more than what the Tunisians did"Protesters greet military troops on the streets with hugs and handshakes Editor's note: This article is being updated constantly by CNN reporters worldwide. Follow: Live blogging on This Just In, the latest tweets from CNN correspondents and images from the protests. Send your video, images to CNN iReport. Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- "Freedom!" That word, yelled out in Arabic, reverberated Friday along the banks of the Nile River in Cairo -- as well as in the port city of Alexandria, near the canal in Suez, and other pockets of Egypt. By early Saturday, police were nowhere to be seen in the capital of Cairo, with military forces deployed on streets all around the nation for the first time in more than three decades. Egypt's ruling party headquarters on fire
Egypt unrest: Protesters erupt in anger after Mubarak signals he will not resign The latest developments, as confirmed by CNN, on the uprising in Egypt. Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Egypt's major cities to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, prompting the government to deploy the military to deal with civil unrest for the first time in a generation. Check out our full coverage and the latest tweets from CNN correspondents on the ground. [Update 6:22 a.m. Friday in Cairo, 11:22 p.m. [Update 6:20 a.m. [Update 4:29 a.m. in Cairo, 9:29 p.m. Meanwhile, a group of volunteers were working early Friday to construct makeshift homes and buildings in the square, using plywood and wooden boards. [Update 3:30 a.m. in Cairo, 8:30 p.m. Brush up on Mubarak's speech here and find Suleiman's speech here. Update 3:00 a.m. in Cairo, 8:00 p.m. "The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition is immediate, meaningful or sufficient. [Update 2:10 a.m. in Cairo, 7:10 p.m.
Egypt protests: Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down 10 February 2011Last updated at 23:22 President Mubarak addressed the nation in a television broadcast Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has said he will stay in office and transfer all power only after September's presidential election. His comments in a national TV address confounded earlier reports that he was preparing to stand down immediately. Mr Mubarak said he would delegate some powers to Vice-President Omar Suleiman, but the details of this remain unclear. Thousands of anti-government protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square reacted angrily to his announcement. There were chants of "Down with Mubarak", and protesters waved their shoes in disgust. The BBC's Paul Adams, in Tahrir Square, said the mood contrasted dramatically with the celebratory, almost party atmosphere that existed in the hours running up to President Mubarak's televised address. Mr Mubarak had previously pledged not to stand in September's poll, and said he would stay on to oversee a process of constitutional change.
Egypt unrest: Higher Military Council statement 10 February 2011Last updated at 11:20 ET The meeting of Egypt's top military chiefs was aired on state TV Egypt's Higher Military Council issued a televised address on Thursday, saying it was in a state of continuous session to protect the nation and meet the aspirations of the people. The move comes after two weeks of mass demonstrations calling on President Hosni Mubarak to resign. Footage aired on the state-run Nile News TV showed Defence Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi chairing the meeting of two dozen army officers seated around a table. Statement Number One, issued by the Higher Council of the Armed Forces, Stemming from the armed forces' responsibility and committing to the protection of the people, safeguarding their interest and security, and keen on the safety of the homeland, the citizens and the achievements of the great Egyptian people, and asserting the legitimate rights of the people, Peace, mercy and the blessings of God.