Egypt's opposition leader El Baradei said he'll do what it takes to ensure a democracy in the country. ...
08:27 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Welcoming Hosni Mubarak's departure, the US President said the voices of Egyptians have been heard. ...
08:09 AM, Feb 12, 2011
World leaders support democratic transition in Egypt as Hosni Mubarak stepped down as the President. ...
08:01 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama recalled the non-violent methods of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr as he praised the people of Egypt for their peaceful protests and welcomed the end of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-rule. "While the sights and sounds that we heard were entirely Egyptian, we can't help but hear the echoes of history: echoes from Germans tearing down a wall, Indonesian students taking to the streets, Gandhi...
07:56 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Bern: The Swiss government has decided to block any assets that may be held in Switzerland by Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Friday. The minister said that a decree was issued shortly after Mubarak stepped down on Friday to identify and block any assets belonging to the Egyptian president and his family. It's the same law that was applied in January to ousted Tunisian president...
07:48 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Cairo: Egypt on Saturday erupted into boisterous celebrations with people pouring into the streets - dancing, cheering and congratulating each other as they rejoiced the long-awaited ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Moments after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation, a wave of joy swept across the country, with cars lining up and honking and people waiving the Egyptian flag. In Cairo, people flooded the city's central Tahrir Square, the epicentre of...
07:29 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Cairo: Egyptians in their millions danced and partied through the night on Saturday, celebrating the fall of the man who ruled like a pharaoh for 30 years and hoping their army will grant them democracy now Hosni Mubarak is gone. With intoxicating speed a wave of people power has roared across the biggest Arab nation, just four weeks after Tunisians toppled their own ageing strongman. Now, across the Middle East,...
06:55 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Cairo: For nearly 30 years, one man dominated Egypt. Hosni Mubarak, 82, survived would-be assassins and ill health, crushed a rising Islamist radical movement, and maintained the peace with neighboring Israel that got his predecessor killed. His government's continued observance of the Camp David accords was the cornerstone of what peace has been achieved in the decades-long Arab-Israeli conflict. But following the revolt that toppled Tunisia's longtime strongman, demonstrators in...
02:18 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Washington has called for a prompt democratic transition to restore stability in Egypt. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 11, 2011
The 82-year-old Mubarak's downfall came after 18 days of unprecedented mass protests. ...
10:43 PM, Feb 11, 2011
Cairo: Tens of thousands of emotional anti-government protesters erupted in deafening cheers on the streets of Cairo after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned on Friday. Mubarak relinquished power after three decades of iron-clad rule in the powerhouse nation of the Arab world. It was a moment anti-government protesters had been waiting for after 18 days of relentless demonstrations that called for Mubarak's departure. "Egypt is free!" they chanted. Vice President...
10:12 PM, Feb 11, 2011
Cairo: A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond. Mubarak, the second Arab leader to be overthrown by a popular uprising in a month, handed power to the army after 18 days of relentless rallies against poverty, corruption and repression caused...
06:45 PM, Feb 11, 2011
Washington: President Hosni Mubarak is now "de jure head of the state" as he has transferred all his powers to his Vice President Omar Suleiman who is now the "de facto head of state", Egyptian Ambassador to the US has said. "President Mubarak has transferred the powers of the presidency to his vice president, who now undertakes all authorities as president. So we can say that the President is a...
09:50 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would not cave in under pressure from the international community. ...
09:16 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Google executive Wael Ghonim says the time to negotiate with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has run out. ...
08:37 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Egyptians are dissatisfied with President Hosni Mubarak's decision to transfer power and not step down. ...
07:48 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama has asked Egypt to explain in "clear" and "unambiguous" language the "step by step" process that will lead to democracy in the country, after its President Hosni Mubarak on Friday refused to step down from power. Expressing his disappointment over the steps announced by Mubarak, in which he delegated some of his powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman and did not step down from his...
07:31 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak provoked rage on Egypt's streets on Thursday when he said he would hand over powers to his deputy but refused to step down after more than two weeks of protests demanding that he quit. The armed forces high command had earlier issued "Communique No 1", declaring it was taking control of the nation in what some called a military coup seeking to end the turmoil under...
06:58 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Washington: Egypt must do more to meet protesters' demands for political change, the United States said on Wednesday in a sharp escalation of rhetoric with one of its most important allies in the Middle East. Washington is waiting for "real, concrete" moves to speed the transition, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said after Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit suggested the United States was eager to impose its will on...
08:07 AM, Feb 10, 2011
Cairo: 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. Protesters, many moved by a Google executive's tearful account of his detention by security forces, poured into Cairo's Tahrir Square to pack a space that can hold a quarter of a million people. While the government refuses to...
08:41 AM, Feb 09, 2011
