(Euronews: 0148 PST, March 31, 2011) Egypt is set to vote for a new president by the end of the year. The announcement was made by the ruling military council which has held power since Hosni Mubarak was ousted by a mass uprising in February.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said it would cede legislative powers to a new parliament once it is elected in September. The presidential poll would take place a month or two later.
(Associated Press: 0900 PST, February 11, 2011) An Associated Press correspondent and an Egyptian protester in Cairo give their accounts of the scene on the streets as political change comes, with the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.
(Associated Press: 0830PST, February 10, 2011) Egypt's military announced that it has stepped in to "safeguard the country" and assured protesters that President Hosni Mubarak will meet their demands in the strongest indication yet that Egypt's longtime leader has lost power.
Obama: We Are "Witnessing History" in Egypt
(Associated Press: 1100PST, February 10, 2011) Speaking in Marquette, Michigan, President Barack Obama said America will continue to support orderly and genuine transition to democracy in Egypt.
(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.
Record Rally in Tahrir, Egyptian Protests Spread, Labor Unions Strike
(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.
Robert Fisk on the Gap Between U.S. Rhetoric and Action in Egypt
(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.
(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
(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.
(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.
(Al Jazeera English: 0820 PST, February 8, 2011) Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has been meeting the foreign minister for the United Arab Emirates and announced a roadmap for changes. Mubarak set up three different committees to tackle the changes, but for the protesters in Tahrir Square it is not enough.
The protesters want the president and the government to go now, they want free elections, and a whole new beginning. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.
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