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Information Minister denies Mubarak's resignation from ruling party

Anas el-Feki,minister of mass media in the Egyptian government
06 Feb 2011
Egyptian Information Minister Anas al-Feki denied reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned from his post as head of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). Al-Fiki told al-Arabiya satellite television station that as...
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Arab-Latin American summit postponed

Protests staged for the seventh day in a row calling on Mubarak to step down, Tahrir Square, Cairo, 31st January, 2011.
06 Feb 2011
Due to the current events taking place in Egypt, the Arab League General Secretariat has postponed the Arab-Latin American summit scheduled to be held in Peru on 16 February In a statement to the press, Ahmed Ben Hali, the Arab League'...
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Foreign residents become tense amid rising xenophobia in Egypt

Security forces try confiscate Palestinian flag from one foreign activist during protest in Downtown on 31 December 2009 where 2000 persons gather to protest on Egyptian decision of refusing travel to Gaza
06 Feb 2011
“We were waiting for our [food] order when a jeep with some soldiers drove down the avenue without spotting us, it seemed. Then men having coffee and shisha on the other side of the avenue yelled at them to come back and check our...
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Signs indicate a tentative return to normality in Cairo

احتجاجات ميدان التحرير، وسط القاهرة، 31 يناير 2011، حيث يعتصم آلاف المواطنين مطالبين برحيل النظام.
06 Feb 2011
Life in Cairo started returning to normal on Sunday as police began replacing army forces and employees to return to their workplaces. Nevertheless, protests continued in Tahrir Square on Sunday for the 13th consecutive day as traffic in...
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Oman's presidential advisor to meet with Mubarak

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leaves the Elysee palace on August 30, 2010 in Paris, after a meeting with his French counterpart Nicoals Sarkozy. Mubarak was to discuss with Sarkozy the relaunch of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks during a stopover on his way to Washington to join the inaugural meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Mubarak will launch the first direct negotiations between the two sides since the Palestinians broke off talks in December 2008 after Israel launched a devastating offensive against the Gaza Strip.
06 Feb 2011
Oman's presidential advisor Omar Zawawi arrived in Egypt on Sunday and plans to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during his visit. Zawawi is the first Arab official to arrive in Cairo since the start of the nationwide pro-...
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Prices have increased, selling has dropped, say traders

Foodstuff prices are expected to rise by next year 2010.
06 Feb 2011
The prices of fruit and vegetables have continued to rise, several wholesale traders said yesterday, attributing this to difficulties in transportation caused by the curfew. In Beni Suef, buying and selling in the governorate's largest...
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Police presence still minimal in Cairo

Group of Coptic Christians clash with riot police, Omraneya, Giza, November 24, 2010. Deadly clashes erupted between security forces and hundreds of Coptic Christians over refusal of turning a community center being built next to the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael church into a chapel. Copts demonsrated against the decision. Security forces were sent to the location where clashes took place leaving one teenager killed, dozens others injured who were transferred to Omm al-Masreyeen Hospital.
06 Feb 2011
Citizens are worried that security presence is still noticeably absent in the streets of Cairo and Giza except in a few squares. The absence of security contradicts the statements of the newly-appointed minister of interior affairs, who...
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Brotherhood to join talks with vice president

Leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie speaks during a press conference at the group's parliamentary office in Cairo, Egypt.
06 Feb 2011
The head of Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has announced that the group will take part in the talks proposed by vice president Omar Suleiman to hash out a solution for the country's current political...
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US backs Egypt reform moves, seeks global support

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, on August 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Clinton spoke about the global health initiative and American leadership in health around the world
05 Feb 2011
Munich--The US threw its weight behind nascent reforms led by Egypt's new vice president as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that international support was crucial to prevent extremists from hijacking the...
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NDP overhaul a meager concession, says opposition

05 Feb 2011
The drastic reshuffling of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which ended up in in the dismissal of President Hosni Mubarak’s son, Gamal, as well as his longtime protégés, still falls short of meeting the expectations of the...
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