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Libyans fleeing violence flock to Egypt borders

Thousands of protesters staging demonstrations while heavy smoke comes out from Internal Security building, Benghazi, Libya, 20 February, 2011.
21 Feb 2011
Hundreds of Libyans have crossed to Egypt through the Salloum border to flee violent clashes between pro-democracy protesters and security forces. A number of those arriving at the border showed photos and video clips exposing the Libyan...
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Protest in Egypt after army vehicle kills woman

أصحاب سيارات النقل الثقيل (مقطورات)، يواصلون إضرابهم عن العمل لليوم الثالث على التوالي، الدقهلية، 13 ديسمبر 2010. تشهد كل محافظات مصر إضراباً عاماً لسائقي المقطورات، احتجاجاً على قرار وزارة المالية مضاعفة الضريبة على المقطورات، ودفع الزيادة بأثر رجعى لمدة 5 سنوات تبدأ من عام 2005 ، فيما أكد السائقين أنهم مستمرون فى الإضراب حتى تستجيب الحكومة لطلباتهم.
21 Feb 2011
Around 1,000 Egyptians protested on Sunday in a city east of Cairo after a woman was killed by an army vehicle during a demonstration, eyewitnesses said. The incident marked the latest eruption of public anger in the wake of countrywide...
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Scores of electricity workers protest for diverse job demands

A file photo of electricity pylons.
21 Feb 2011
Labour protests within Egypt's electricity sector have escalated as workers at seven power plants staged sit-ins calling for "tangible solutions to their problems." They denounced what they described as the Electricity...
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Amr Moussa calls for end to Libya bloodshed

File photo of Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa during a meeting with Arab League's permanent members on Egyptian and Tunisian situation after revolution, Cairo, 14 February, 2011.
21 Feb 2011
In his first comment on the protests sweeping several Arab countries, Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa called for an end to bloodshed and to all kinds of violence in Libya. Since 17 February, Libya has seen continuing...
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Al-Baz: Egypt's president should be under 50

File photo of Farouk al-Baz, research professor and director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, during a press conference, Press Syndicate, 20 February, 2011. Al-Baz discussed issues like Egypt's next president and mentioned he should not be above 50 so as to be able to cope with latest technologies.
21 Feb 2011
Egyptian space scientist Farouk al-Baz said Egypt’s new president should be no older than 50, to cope with the fast pace of change and to understand the needs of new generations. All officials who belonged to ousted President Hosni...
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Doctors Syndicate donate LE3000 to families of those killed in Egypt's uprising

A group of doctors in protest at Egyptian Medical Syndicate (aka Dar Al Hekma), Cairo, May 4, 2010, against a ban on health facility licensing, deemed unconstitutional by protesters.  
21 Feb 2011
Egypt's Doctors Syndicate will provide the families of martyrs killed in the 25 January uprising with LE3000 each, according to the syndicate's humanitarian relief committee secretary, Abdel Kader Hegazy. Hegazy announced that the...
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First Egypt visit for US official after Mubarak's ouster

21 Feb 2011
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by a US official since former President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on 11 February. During his three-day visit Burns will...
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PM renames streets after martyrs who lived in them

Pictures of Egyptian anti-government protesters killed during clashes with police and pro-government forces are displayed during a candlelight vigil at Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 9, 2011 on the 16th day of consecutive protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
21 Feb 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq instructed governors on Monday to give the names of those who died during the uprising that began on 25 January to the streets in which they used to live. According to Health Ministry estimates, the...
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Justice and foreign ministers to remain in cabinet

Security services take tight measures to prevent education ministry employees stage a planned protest against orders issued to transfer them to education departments, Ministry of Education, Cairo, 23 January, 2011.
21 Feb 2011
Egypt's imminent cabinet reshuffle will not affect the ministers of justice, foreign affairs or the interior, said Yahia al-Gamal, a constitutional scholar and candidate for the post of deputy prime minister. He also said, in remarks...
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Tagammu rejects party member's post in interim govt

Gouda Abdel Khaleq
21 Feb 2011
Tagammu Party member Gouda Abdel Khaleq has accepted a ministerial position in the current government without discussing his appointment with the Tagammu Party, a spokesperson for the party has said. Abdel Khaleq's decision is...
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