20110208
xinhua

CAIRO (Reuters) - The mass revolt against President Hosni Mubarak's rule has shaken the civilian pillars of his rule: the police force, the ruling party and state media.

20110208
xinhua

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians staged one of their biggest protests yet on Tuesday demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down now, their wrath undiminished by the vice president's announcement of a plan to transfer power.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb.7 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's public prosecution in North Sinai said improvised explosive device put under the main tube of the coverage station in Arish caused the bombing of a gas pipeline, official MENA news agency reported.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A committee will be set up in Egypt to investigate in riots events that took place between anti- government protestors and pro-Mubarak Egyptians on Wednesday, announced state news agency MENA.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Google Inc. executive was behind the Facebook page which has helped spark the mass protests in Egypt.

20110207
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian pound hit a 6-year low on Monday after banks reopened their doors to international deals, with the government facing a new test of sentiment later in the day when it seeks to sell $2.5 billion of short-term debt.

20110207
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Hosni Mubarak's new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an opposition who demand his immediate exit.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian government will hold talks with the Muslim Brotherhood, after the opposition group finally agreed to have dialogues with Vice President Omar Suleiman in a bid to end the country's political turmoil, officials said on Saturday.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman Sunday held talks with representatives of political parties including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and protesters, a step to establish a national dialogue and ease the unrest in Egypt that entered its 13th day.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman agreed in the talks with opposition parties to end state emergency law which has been imposed for nearly 30 years.

20110206
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hossam sat idle in his souvenirs shop watching television. For these days, he had no business at all.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian government rejects any outside dictates, especially from the Western countries, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit told reporters on Sunday.

20110207
xinhua

CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman Sunday held talks with representatives of political parties including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and protesters, a step to establish a national dialogue and ease the unrest in Egypt that entered its 13th day.

20110206
reuters

MUNICH (Reuters) - Astonished by the uprising in Egypt, Western countries anxious to be on the right side of history have started to reassess ties to army-backed Arab strongmen stubbornly opposed to democracy.

20110206
reuters

MUNICH (Reuters) - The United Nations on Sunday drove home the warning from Western nations that a transition to democracy in Egypt should not be rushed to avoid worsening the crisis and destabilising the entire Middle East.

20110206
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Egypt's new vice president, Omar Suleiman, has long sought to demonize the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in his contacts with skeptical U.S. officials, leaked diplomatic cables show, raising questions whether he can act as an honest broker in the country's political crisis.

20110206
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt tried to get the nation back to work on Sunday with banks reopening, and the vice president held unprecedented talks with a banned Islamist group and other opponents about their demand that President Hosni Mubarak quit.

20110205
RFI

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met his new government for the first time as demonstrators against his rule gathered again on Cairo's Tahrir Square Saturday.

20110205
IPS

Cairo — The massive economic toll of Egypt's popular uprising appears to be motivating the government to take extraordinary and often brutal measures to put an end to massive demonstrations calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

20110205
America.gov (Washington, DC)

Washington — President Obama said violence against peaceful demonstrators and the shutdown of information sources will not resolve Egypt's political unrest, and he repeated his call for the Egyptian government to immediately begin an orderly transition process that includes a broad section of the Egyptian opposition and addresses their grievances.