Unrest in Egypt
Follow Reuters' coverage as a wave of unrest grips Egypt
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia will spell an "irreparable defeat" for the U.S. www.reuters.com -
Egypt's uprising is taking a heavy economic toll, costing the country at least $310 million a day, according to analysis from Credit Agricole bank. www.bbc.co.uk -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist David Common Tweets: "Mobs in streets stopping foreign journalists. Very dicey"
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to a global security conference in Munich today and the Egyptian crisis will likely dominate the agenda www.reuters.com
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The world's unelected rulers have had a few unsettling weeks, Reuters' Chrystia Freeland writes in her piece "The Authoritarian International goes on the defensive" blogs.reuters.com
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Al Jazeera says that its office in Cairo has been burned and destroyed by "gangs of thugs," but it will continue to report from Egypt www.reuters.com
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Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman will meet a group of prominent independent figures on Saturday promoting a solution to the crisis that would see him assume the president's powers for an interim period, Diaa Rashwan, one of the group invitees tells Reuters. www.reuters.com
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According to Egypt's health minister, 11 people have died in clashes between pro- and anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo this week www.reuters.com
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Noam Chomsky writes in The Guardian that it's not radical Islam that worries the U.S. – it's independence www.guardian.co.uk
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We know plenty about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s political life, but an ABC News investigation sheds some new light on a matter more personal to the embattled leader: his family’s wealth. According to the report, some experts estimate the Mubarak family’s net worth to be somewhere in the range of $40 to $70 billion, much of that built from military contracts during his tenure as an air force officer. Read the full story at abcnews.go.com -
Here’s the latest from our correspondents on the ground in Cairo:
With the unrest entering its 12th day, protesters camped out in Tahrir Square, the hub of demonstrations in the heart of Cairo, prepared on Saturday to wait President Hosni Mubarak out.
"Mubarak must go, Mubarak must go" and "Hold your ground, God is with us," someone shouted over a loud speaker, after a brief burst of heavy gunfire shortly before 2 a.m. local time.
The origin of the gunfire was unclear and there were no reports of casualties. One protester said the army, which is separating pro-democracy supporters and Mubarak loyalists after violent clashes earlier this week, had fired in the air.
Television footage later showed people milling around but there was no sign of violence.
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An Egyptian journalist who was shot in the head while filming protests against Egyptian President Mubarak from the balcony of his home last Saturday died of his injuries on Friday, his wife told Al Jazeera TV earlier. Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud worked with the state-owned daily al-Ahram, and is the first journalist known to have died so far in the uprising. Read more at www.reuters.com
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Egypt's Mubarak claims that the Muslim Brotherhood "orchestrated the mass protests that have brought his rule to the brink of collapse" www.reuters.com -
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U.S. views reports Gamal Mubarak has resigned from Egyptian ruling party as a positive step. The U.S. looks forward to additional steps toward political change in Egypt www.reuters.com
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What's astounded many about events in Cairo and across Egypt is how suddenly Egyptians have found their voice and the collective courage to criticise the regime. The format of this video is a little off, but the protester is very clear about wanting Mubarak and his aides out, and the reasons for the same.
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Egypt's opposition groups remain divided over the country's power shift plan as they fail to agree on a common stance ahead of negotiations with Vice President Omar Suleiman www.reuters.com
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Prayers today in Tahrir Square, with tanks sitting quietly in the background. Tomorrow, Sunday, will see Egyptian Christians praying in the square in a planned Sunday service. A month ago, the streets of Shubra, a Cairo suburb, saw scenes of uproar as Coptic Christians marched against police. They were angry at the deaths of 21 Copts in a suicide bombing on New Year's Eve. In contrast, Tahrir square is now filled with a secular, unified Cairo populace. Christians ringed their muslim colleagues earlier in the week to protect their prayers from police and Pro-Mubarak incursions.
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The United States has said it backs Egypt's drive for orderly reforms to allow democratic elections. "There are forces at work in any society, and particularly one that is facing these kinds of challenges, that will try to derail or overtake the process to pursue their own specific agenda," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a security conference in Munich. www.reuters.com
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Mohamed ElBaradei warned that protests could turn more violent, as Vice President Omar Suleiman prepared to meet with Egyptian opposition groups at 11:00 a.m. (4 a.m. EST). www.reuters.com
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