Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, issuing calls to 'save the revolution' that ousted president Hosni Mubarak and to rid of the country of the old regime.

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Egypt is to elect a new president by November to replace veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak who was ousted last month after 18 days of mass protests, the transitional military government said on Wednesda

Ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family are under house arrest, Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on its website on Monday, denying that the former leader had fled to Saudi Arabia

Around 50 demonstrators loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi surrounded UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Cairo's Tahir Square on Monday forcing him to retreat into the adjacent Arab League headquarters, a correspondent reported.

Arab League chief Amr Mussa hailed a huge turnout for a landmark referendum in Egypt on Saturday as voters seized their first taste of democracy after the ouster of veteran President Hosni Mubarak.

Reeling under a sustained land, sea and air assault by Libyan forces, rebels on Friday fled from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanuf, with the leader of opposition national council asking the West to impose a flight and naval blockade on his country claiming that people are being 'cleansed' by the regime.

Read about the unrest in Libya and you might wonder: The man has been in power for 41 years, can't anyone spell his name?

Ten people were killed and over a 100 injured in overnight clashes between Muslim and Christian groups in the Egyptian capital, Xinhua reported on Wednesday. The health and population ministry said on Wednesday that 10 people were killed and 110 injured in the violence.

US television talk show star Oprah Winfrey is to host a live show from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of a revolution that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a report said on Friday.

Protesters on Monday took control of several Libyan cities and a growing number of regime figures defected, as demonstrators sacked pillars of Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s hardline rule, reports and witnesses said.