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Egypt's Mubarak fights street protests with pay rise

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak tried to buy time in the face of defiant street protests, pledging to raise public sector wages by 15 per cent and ordering a probe into recent deadly violence.

Egypt protests enter third week

Cairo: Egyptian protesters massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday amid calls for renewed nationwide street action to mark two weeks of anti-government rallies that have rattled the regime.

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Mubarak forms reform committees

Cairo: In its latest effort to defuse public anger amid mass protests, embattled President Hosni Mubarak's regime set up a committee on Tuesday to recommend constitutional changes that would relax pr

Egypt proclaims power transfer plan, Cairo protesters wary

Cairo: Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mu

Obama wants 'representative government in Egypt'

Washington: The outcome of the ongoing unrest in Egypt is not a choice only between Islamist militants and the security of a dictatorship, US President Barack Obama said.

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'Egypt has changed forever'

As the standoff between prodemocracy protesters and embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued, US President Barack Obama said that he believed that Egypt had changed forever.

Mubarak may not be able to step down soon

Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not be able to quit his post as early as being demanded by the protesters as the transition process wi

Missing Google exec in Egypt to be freed

Cairo/Washington: 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

Renewed pressure on Egypt's Mubarak

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came under fresh pressure on Monday to step down as opponents said concessions made in landmark talks were not enough to halt a revolt against his 30-year rule.

'Nile Revolution' holds ground as new Mubarak cabinet meets

Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak's new cabinet on Monday holds its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an opposition

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