Egypt Unrest

CNN-IBN journos recount the Egypt experience

Foreign Affairs Editor Surya Gangadharan and Video Journalist Rajesh Bharadwaj covered Egypt unrest from ground zero. ...

Mubarak's reform panel talk fails to break ice

Cairo: As anti-regime rallies in Egypt entered their third week, tens of thousands of protesters on Tuesday vowed to step up their struggle to oust embattled President Hosni Mubarak, who attempted to defuse public anger by setting up a panel to oversee key constitutional and legislative amendments to enable a power transition. "Nothing will move us. We only have one-point agenda to see the back of despot Mubarak," Shady al-Ghazali...  

Egypt: Mubarak orders probe into Cairo clashes

Moscow: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has ordered to set up an independent commission to investigate clashes between his supporters and protesters in Cairo last week that killed at least 11 people. According to the official MENA news agency, Mubarak said on Monday that the commission must be fully independent and "comprise people who are known in Egypt as decent and trustworthy." The president urged the commission to investigate "the facts...  

Freed Google official helped spark Egypt revolt

Cairo: The young Google Inc. executive detained by Egyptian authorities for 12 days said on Monday he was behind the Facebook page that helped spark what he called "the revolution of the youth of the Internet." A US-based human rights group said nearly 300 people have died in two weeks of clashes. Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for the Internet company, wept throughout an emotional television interview just hours after...  

WikiLeaks: Israel favored Egypt's VP Suleiman

London: Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman was long seen by Israel as the preferred candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, secret US diplomatic cables published on Monday suggested. According to an August 2008 cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on its website, a senior adviser from the Israeli Ministry of Defense told US diplomats in Tel Aviv that the Israelis believe Suleiman would likely serve...  

Egypt protesters call for push to eject Mubarak

Cairo: Protesters called for a push on Tuesday to eject President Hosni Mubarak from power after the government conceded little ground in talks with the opposition and sought to squeeze demonstrators out of central Cairo. The protesters barricaded in a tent camp in Tahrir Square have vowed to stay until Mubarak quits and hope to take their two-week campaign to the streets with more mass demonstrations on Tuesday and Friday....  

FTN: Muslim nations uncomfortable with democracy?

Sagarika Ghose discusses with experts if Islamic countries are uncomfortable with democracy? ...

Egyptians faced brutality even before protests

Egypt's protesters say they're fighting back after years of oppression at the hands of security forces. ...

No progress in Egyptian govt-opposition talks

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government was to hold its first full meeting of a new cabinet on Monday since protests erupted against his rule with no sign yet of progress in talks with an opposition which wants him out. Mubarak, who has refused calls to step down before September polls, has tried to focus on restoring order. But protesters, camped out in Tahrir Sqaure in the heart of Cairo,...  

Cairo showing signs of returning to normalcy

CNN's Leone Lakhani explains how Cairo is limping back to normalcy as some banks and courts were re-opened. ...

ElBaradei backs Obama's stand on Egypt crisis

The opposition leader said people were happy when Obama said "the time for transition is now". ...

Egypt: VP meets key Oppn representatives

VP Suleiman questioned: Who would take over if Mubarak quits? ELBaradei, protesters remain unimpressed. ...

Egypt: Govt enters into talks with opposition

Cairo: Egypt's vice president met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups for the first time on Sunday and offered sweeping concessions, including granting press freedom and rolling back police powers in the government's latest attempt to try to end nearly two weeks of upheaval. But the opposition leaders held firm to a demand the government rejects: that President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately. And the source of...  

US: Palin blasts Obama handling of Egypt

Washington: Sarah Palin the top Republican leader and former vice presidential candidate on Sunday blasted US President Barack Obama on his handling the situation in Egypt. "It's a difficult situation, this is that 3am White House phone call and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the White House it seems that that call went right to um the answering machine," Palin...  

TWTW: Egypt revolution, Shilpa Shetty and more

On 'The Week That Wasn't', Cyrus Broacha talks about the top stories of the week. ...

Egypt: Omar rules himself out as Prez candidate

Washington: Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman who is leading the regime's negotiations with the opposition has ruled himself out of presidential contention, saying he is an "old man" with no urge to run for the top post. The former intelligence chief, who was picked up by President Hosni Mubarak, to lead the government's efforts to address the crisis in Egypt, reaffirmed that the roadmap was to bring about an orderly...  

Egypt opposition says govt meeting inconclusive

Cairo: Egyptian opposition groups said on Sunday a meeting with Vice President Omar Suleiman was positive but had done nothing specific to meet their demands for a complete political overhaul in Egypt. The government said the sides had agreed to draft a road map for talks. A statement after the meeting indicated President Hosni Mubarak would stay in power to oversee changes, which is likely to anger protesters in Cairo's...  

Egypt's regime makes new concessions to Oppn

Cairo: Egypt's vice president met a wide representation of major opposition groups for the first time on Sunday and agreed to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks and ago and to lift the country's hated emergency laws when security permits. Vice President Omar Suleiman endorsed a plan with the opposition to set up a committee of judiciary and political figures...  

After Egypt, West rethinks its Arab realpolitik

Munich: 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. On grounds of both principle and self-interest, the West must promote more responsive and democratic government in the region to ensure peaceful change in societies yearning for a better life, officials at a security conference in Germany said. "The...  

Egypt govt talks with reformists about Mubarak

Cairo: 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. A steady stream of employees flowed into Cairo's financial district and customers queued to access their accounts, the first day for banks to open after a week-long closure. Armoured personnel carriers stood...