Munich: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he was concerned that the unrest in Egypt could have "serious implications" for the Middle East peace process. Ban, who was in Munich for an annual security conference, told a small group of reporters at his hotel that President Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian government have been key in the negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. "This is why we are concerned,"...
04:32 PM, Feb 06, 2011
Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak's government aimed to get people back to work on Sunday with banks and businesses reopening, in the first clear test of how far his opponents can keep up the momentum of protests to force him out. Protesters camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square vowed to continue their battle to oust Mubarak, but the 82-year-old president insists he will stay until September polls. And with some Egyptians...
04:13 PM, Feb 06, 2011
Amidst resignations of top leaders of the ruling party in Egypt, Hosni Mubarak remains to be the President. ...
02:25 PM, Feb 06, 2011
Egyptian Foreign Minister called the Egyptian uprising, a Tunisian style uprising. ...
02:10 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New York: As thousands of anti-government protesters out on streets in Egyptian cities demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, Egyptians living in the US offer differing opinions on the embattled leader as they debate the best way forward for their homeland. For some, what happens in Egypt in next few days will impact their future as well. Azza Shafik, a Hookah cafe owner in Brooklyn, says that...
11:46 AM, Feb 06, 2011
Cairo: The deputy head of state-controlled Nile TV, Shahira Amin has quit to protest against censorship by the Mubarak regime. “I resigned because it (Nile TV) is being used as a propaganda machine,” said Amin. "I am not going to feed the public lies," she told Al-Jazeera. "They are not showing what's happening in Tahrir Square. People are dying here, everything is distorted." ...
09:29 AM, Feb 06, 2011
Cairo: The leadership of Egypt's ruling party quit on Saturday, but the protesters who have rocked the political establishment dismissed the move as a ruse that would not deter them from their goal of toppling the president. The United States, Egypt's key ally, which has been demanding transition begin immediately, signalled it might be changing tack by declaring explicitly that President Hosni Mubarak should stay in power to oversee the...
07:26 AM, Feb 06, 2011
Cairo: Al Arabiya retracted a report that Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigned as head of ruling party. Earlier it was reported that Mubarak stepped down as head of the ruling party. Egypt's state TV also reported that the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned on Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters...
09:19 PM, Feb 05, 2011
London: Financial market wobbles caused by turmoil in the Middle East have done little to stop investors positioning themselves for a further rally in stocks and other riskier assets as economic growth accelerates around the world. In fact, rising oil and food prices - the former exacerbated by the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia - are reminding investors of growing inflation risks, which also reinforce the case to buy equities,...
08:56 PM, Feb 05, 2011
New York: Newly-named Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman and his top military commanders were discussing plans to limit President Hosni Mubarak's decision-making authority and possibly remove him from the presidential palace. Quoting US and Egyptian officials, New York Times reported that the plans did not call for Mubarak to be stripped of presidency immediately. The paper said that Army's backing was being sought to make Suleiman to head an interim...
06:52 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition parties on Saturday warned the government that it will carryout agitations similar to those sweeping the Arab world as they planed a major protest against the detention of former army chief Sarath Fonseka. The United National Party (UNP) of former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe said the attack against its MPs and supporters on Friday was a clear sign that the government was not willing to allow...
06:34 PM, Feb 05, 2011
El-Arish: Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline, state television said on Saturday, adding fresh turmoil to Egypt during unprecedented protests to end the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. State TV quoted an official as saying that the "situation is very dangerous and explosions were continuing from one spot to another" along the pipeline which runs through North Sinai. "It is a big terrorist operation," a state TV reporter said....
03:07 PM, Feb 05, 2011
The largest opposition group in Egypt is also technically illegal. CNN tries to decode the organisation. ...
02:54 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Washington: A white diplomatic van shown plowing into anti-government protesters in Cairo might belong to the United States, officials said, adding that 20 such vehicles have been stolen in Egypt amid the unrest. The YouTube video, dated January 28, is one of three from recent days showing drivers seemingly purposefully ramming their vehicle into demonstrators in streets that appear to be around Cairo's Tahrir Square. The footage caused an uproar...
12:07 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Govt crackdown failed to stop protesters from coming out, reports CNN's Anderson Cooper. ...
12:05 PM, Feb 05, 2011
After lots of chaos and bloodshed, Tahrir Square was relatively calm on Saturday. ...
10:47 AM, Feb 05, 2011
The unrest is significant as Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism both come out of Egypt. ...
10:09 AM, Feb 05, 2011
New Delhi: The ongoing crisis in Egypt is inviting reactions from communities all over the world. Amidst the day-long buzz of protests and violence, CNN-IBN tried to find out the reaction of young Muslims in India to Egypt unrest. Many young Muslim students feel violence is not the solution to the issues in Egypt. “The way to go is to develop your country in such a way that you have...
09:47 AM, Feb 05, 2011
Cairo: A failed Saturday early-morning assassination bid on Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman left two of his bodyguards dead as the mass revolt against President Hosni Mubarak entered the 12th day. Mubarak had named Suleiman as Vice President only recently in an effort to quell the unrest and possibly line up a successor. CNN-IBN Foreign Editor Surya Gangadharan said that the attempt took place early in the morning despite tight...
09:16 AM, Feb 05, 2011
In 'The Last Word', Karan Thapar discusses with a panel of experts Indian media's coverage of Egypt unrest. ...
08:24 AM, Feb 05, 2011
