(Mosaic Video Alert: February 9, 2011) Press TV reports violence escalated in southern Egypt's city of el-Kharga, where security forces fired live ammunition at protesters. Angry protesters then attacked police and government buildings. More than 300 people have been killed so far in Egypt's protests.
The latest news from Cairo, and an interview with UK journalist and Middle East expert Robert Fisk.
(Democracy Now! 0930 PST, February 9, 2011) Egypt's pro-democracy uprising is seizing new momentum one day after hundreds of thousands turned out for one of the largest protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square to date. A gathering of protesters led to the evacuation of the Egyptian cabinet building today, and tent camps are also being set up outside the Egyptian parliament. Egypt's labor movement has launched new strikes across the country, with an estimated 10,000 workers taking part. Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous interviews Mona el Seif, a demonstrator outside the Egyptian parliament building.
(Democracy Now! 0930 PST, February 9, 2011) Two-part interview with Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent of the Independent newspaper in London, about the popular uprising ongoing across Egypt, its regional implications, and how President Obama should respond.
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(Associated Press: 0900 PST, February 9, 2011) Egypt's anti-government activists called on supporters Wednesday to expand their demonstrations in defiance of the vice president's warning that protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster would not be tolerated for much longer
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(Al Jazeera English: 0800 PST, February 9, 2011) Thousands have gathered in Tahrir Square and surrounded Egypt's parliament to continue their call for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. Three independent unions have joined them, meaning that, in addition to the protests, many workers are on strike in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez demanding better pay. But Mubarak is still in office and is refusing to step down. Alan Fisher reports from Cairo.
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(Al Jazeera English: 1600 PST, February 8, 2011) After a day that saw a fresh wave of protests and demonstrations around Egypt's parliament building, the current situation in Cairo has "quietened down considerably," according to Al Jazeera's correspondent on the ground in Egypt.
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