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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned as leader of Egypt's ruling party, along with the rest of the party's leadership, according to television reports.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Opposition groups demanding the overthrow of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak have yet to agree on a common position ahead of negotiations with Vice President Omar Suleiman to pull Egypt out of its worst crisis in 30 years, opposition figures said on Saturday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - President Hosni Mubarak was playing a familiar card when he claimed this week that the Muslim Brotherhood has orchestrated the mass protests that have brought his rule to the brink of collapse.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian army commander addressed thousands of demonstrators camped out at Tahrir Square in central Cairo on Saturday in an effort to persuade them to stop a protest that has stalled economic life in the capital.

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CAIRO (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.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - President Hosni Mubarak resigned as head of Egypt's ruling party on Saturday, television said.

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CAIRO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Egypt shortened its curfew time to 7 p. m. to 6 a.m. starting on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., state television said Friday.

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EL-ARISH, Egypt, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- A natural gas pipeline exploded on Saturday in El Arish in Egypt's North Sinai, after mass protests broke out in the country more than a week ago.

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NOUAKCHOTT, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Mauritanians took to the streets in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, after the Friday prayers to demand immediate departure from power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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CAIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday held a ministerial meeting attended by the prime minister, central bank governor, ministers of petroleum, social solidarity, trade and industry and finance, state media reported.

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MUNICH (Reuters) - The turmoil in Egypt, Tunisia and other Arab countries demonstrates the risk of insecurity caused by a "deficit of democracy", United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.

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MUNICH (Reuters) - European powers Germany and Britain urged Egypt on Saturday to change leaders rapidly but take its time holding elections, saying traditions of tolerance and fairness had to be built to make democracy work.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior Egyptian security source denied on Saturday a report carried in U.S. media of an assassination attempt on Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in northern Egypt in a further sign of the country's instability on a 12th day of demonstrations on Saturday against the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as one of several scenarios for a transition of power, a U.S. official said.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The White House is in close talks with Egyptian officials on Egypt's power transition amid the country's current political unrest, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would like to leave office but was afraid that chaos would spread across Egypt after that, the ABC TV reported Thursday.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- After 10-day consecutive chaos, the Egyptian people are yearning for normal life to be restored. Going to school, shopping and visiting friends safely have become their keenest desire.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday that if he resigns today, there will be chaos in Egypt.

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CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman said the government has started dialogue with the opposition parties and representatives of protesters to end the mass protests that began on Jan. 25.