Protesters enraged by Hosni Mubarak’s latest refusal to step down streamed into Cairo’s central square Friday and took positions outside key symbols of the hated regime, promising to expand their push to drive the Egyptian president out. The standoff posed … read more
Egyptian state news agency MENA has reported that Egyptian military leaders held an ‘important’ meeting and plan to issue a response as protesters enraged by President Hosni Mubarak’s latest refusal to step down gather for new demonstrations. According to MENA, Hussein Tantawi, the chief commander … read more
A senior Google executive, who mysteriously went missing over a week ago after emerging as a key figure in the Egypt protests against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, is going to be released Monday, his family said. Wael … read more
President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation _ the key demand of protesters in the streets of Cairo _ would trigger snap presidential elections under the Egyptian constitution and could make political reform more difficult, experts say. That’s one of the quandaries … read more
Life in Cairo started returning to normal on Sunday as police began replacing army forces and employees to return to their workplaces. Nevertheless, protests continued in Tahrir Square on Sunday for the 13th consecutive day as traffic in the area … read more
After almost two weeks of tectonic protests in Cairo that have rocked the Arab world, Christiane Amanpour sat down with five top journalists to look at a key question: what happens next? Veteran Egyptian journalist Nadia abou el-Magd said it … read more
Anti-government protesters swarmed over army trucks and armoured vehicles on Sunday to stop a move by troops to squeeze the area they have occupied in central Cairo for more than a week. The army wants to persuade protesters to leave … read more
The Egyptian central bank used military cargo planes to move 5 billion Egyptian pounds, about $853 million, to banks across the country before they open tomorrow, Central Bank Governor Farouk Okdah told state-run television. Egypt’s tourism industry has lost $1.5 … read more
Despite one estimate that the country has lost $1 billion in tourism revenue because of the rebellion, some Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the tourist trade are sympathetic to the protesters’ cause. The tourist camels are idle. The trinket shops … read more
Ultimately, only the military can tell President Hosni Mubarak — one of its own — that it’s time to step down. Egypt’s most powerful and most secretive institution has so far given no hint of whether it will abandon the … read more