Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he won’t stand down until elections due in September, angering the hundreds of thousands gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an immediate end to his regime. Mubarak said he’ll stay on to ensure “stability” and … read more
Amid Egypt’s mass protests and the government crackdown on communication, a handful of Twitter users have joined forces to track and hopefully find people reported as missing by their families and friends. A Twitter user based in Lebanon and another … read more
Multinational companies had no immediate plans to reopen Egyptian offices or bring back evacuated employees after President Hosni Mubarak’s attempt to restore stability failed to placate protesters. Companies including Heineken NV, Procter & Gamble Co. and Coca-Cola Co. said they would continue to … read more
Google, in response to the Internet blockade in Egypt, said Monday that it had created a way to post messages to microblogging service Twitter by making telephone calls. Google worked with Twitter and freshly acquired SayNow, a startup specializing in … read more
Political turbulence in Egypt is casting a pall on world financial markets, driving up the prices of crude oil and food and creating new risks for the shaky world economy in the months ahead. Oil prices on Monday reached their … read more
Egypt’s last working internet service provider, the Noor Group, has been disconnected, a US Web monitoring company said, leaving the crisis-torn country completely offline. Renesys, a New Hampshire-based firm that monitors internet routing data in real time, said on Monday that the Noor network “started … read more
The Egyptian armed forces has issued a statement saying it “has not and will not use force against the public.” A spokesman for the armed forces said on Egyptian state television that the military is aware of the “legitimate demands … read more
Crowds gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday for a protest they hoped would swell to a million people demanding an end to the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak’s newly appointed vice-president, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, began talks with opposition … read more
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak swore in a new Cabinet on Monday, replacing one dissolved as a concession to unprecedented anti-government protests. In the most significant change, the interior minister — who heads internal security forces — was replaced. A retired … read more
Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Sunday closed the Rafah border crossing after guards on the Egyptian side fled their posts amid the spiralling unrest gripping the country. As the angry revolt against President Hosni Mubarak entered its sixth day, Hamas officials … read more