Friday of wrath singes Egypt
Cairo, Jan. 28: The Egyptian President, Mr Hosni Mubarak, imposed a night curfew and signalled he was about to send the military out in the streets for the first time to quell an unprecedented challen
Egypt protests: Mubarak fires cabinet
Cairo: Facing a popular uprising, Egypt's president fired his Cabinet on Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos — battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling pa
Obama asks Mubarak to halt crackdown on protestors
Washington: US President Barack Obama today called on his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak to halt the crackdown on protestors, saying Washington would continue to stand up for the rights of the E
Mubarak defiant as Egypt protests toll rises, Obama wades in
Cairo: Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday addressed the nation for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his
At least 35 dead in Egypt violence
Cairo: Egyptian security officials say at least 25 protesters and 10 policemen have died in this week's anti-government protests.
They say the death toll was likely to significantly rise as more repo
Cairo burning: Fresh clashes erupt as Egypt rejects Mubarak speech
Cairo: Thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria on Saturday after President Hosni Mubarak spurned demands that he end his 30-year authori
Countries warn citizens to avoid Egypt
Paris: Travel agencies postponed departures for Egypt on Saturday as capitals issued new warnings to their citizens to avoid visiting the country where thousands of protesters have clashed with securi
Egypt: Internet down, special cops out
Cairo: Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.
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Twitter banned to curb protest
San Francisco, Jan. 26: Twitter was inaccessible in Egypt on Tuesday in what was believed to be a move to thwart protesters using the social network in a campaign to oust the President, Mr Hosni Mubar
Egypt Prez' son, family flee to Britain
Cairo: Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is considered as his successor has fled to Britain along with his family, US-based Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab reported.
The plane with Gamal Mubar