Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could “respond to the people’s demands by tomorrow,” the secretary general of his ruling party told the BBC on Thursday, as protesters demanded the strongman’s departure. “I expect the president to respond to the demands of the people, because what matters to him in the end is the stability of the [...]
Thousands of protesters crammed Egypt’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Google Inc. executive whose detention by secret police has made him a figurehead for anti-government demonstrators. Wael Ghonim’s arrival in the downtown Cairo square was met with loud cheers from the massive crowd, according to the CBC’s David Common. [...]
Little progress was made at the end of the second day of discussions between Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman and various opposition groups on Sunday. The opposition is split on the way forward and tens of thousands of defiant protesters continued to throng the Tahrir (Liberation) Square for the 13th day, demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. [...]
“This is a talk-show revolution,” declares Mohammad Shalaby, a 42-year-old engineer who did his Masters in the UK. “Facebook was only the facilitator for the first few days of assembly at the Tahrir (Liberation) Square. But the usually-timid Egyptians have got the strength to talk up as they have watched so many so-called controversial subjects [...]
(Reuters) – Political leaders were meeting inside and outside Egypt on Saturday to seek a way out of a dangerous impasse between President Hosni Mubarak and demonstrators calling for him to step down. “The status quo is simply not sustainable,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a security conference in Munich on the 12th [...]
Unbowed by a week of mob violence and official entreaties, tens of thousands of Egyptians turned out for another Friday of protest. Defying military orders to “go home,” the anti-government protestors streamed into Tahrir (Liberation) Square after prayers all through the day. Their single demand remained the same: the immediate exit of President Hosni Mubarak. [...]
A 26-year-old woman worried about the state of her country wrote on Facebook: “People, I am going to Tahrir Square”. The message was soon to snowball into a movement to oust Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Facebook appeal by Asmaa Mahfouz led to popular protests that saw tens of thousands congregating at Tahrir Square to demand [...]
Talks are under way between the Obama administration and top Egyptian officials on the possible immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and the formation of a military-backed caretaker government that could prepare the country for free and fair elections later this year, US officials say. With protests in Cairo and other Egyptian cities expected to [...]
Egyptians gathered in central Cairo on Friday hoping to mass another million-strong rally to speed the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. The United States, long the ally and sponsor of the 82-year-old former general and his politically influential army, were also working behind the scenes to have him hand over power. Mubarak has [...]
Political upheaval among stalwart U.S. allies in the Arab world may have irrevocably altered politics in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East, Obama administration officials say. While they did not foresee the fast-changing events and can’t predict where spreading unrest will end, they insist they are keenly aware of the dangers. Long time Yemeni President Ali [...]
