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EGYPT UNREST | Chaos continued to escalate in Egypt as President Hosni Mubarak told ABC News that stepping down now would create further turmoil. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attacks on foreign journalists and rights groups. There were also signs of growing discontent in Yemen and Algeria, raising questions ...
... a -- there's a sense of foreboding. On the one hand, the -- the organizers that I talked to and the activists said they think the Egyptian people will again turn out, that, tomorrow -- and one Muslim Brotherhood leader said to me today, is, February 4, it will be like our ...
Given the important nature of events on the ground in Egypt, the PBS NewsHour is offering live streams through a combination of sources which may include Egypt TV, ABC, APTN and Al Jazeera English's channel to our web and mobile audiences. Airing another broadcaster's commentary and editorial during ...
Supporters of President Mubarak and Egypt's ruling party went on an offensive Wednesday. The ensuing clashes left hundreds injured. Jeffrey Brown discusses the volatility of the situation with Nader Hashemi of the University of Denver, Leslie Campbell of the National Democratic Institute and Cornell Law School's Chantal Thomas.
... new warnings from around the world today. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called the situation unacceptable. And British Prime Minister David Cameron said Egypt's government must begin rapid and credible political change. In Washington, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Mubarak government must rein in ...
After a widespread shutdown of Internet and mobile phone service in Egypt as street protests intensified last week, there were reports Wednesday that Web access was restored in the country. Google's Transparency Index has been tracking web traffic to its services in Egypt. Note the drop on Jan. 27 ...
... two articles in the constitution that have to do with what kind of candidate can run. And this has been a longstanding problem in the Egyptian constitution.Basically, after protests in 2005 in Egypt and pressure by the then Bush administration, Mubarak changed -- amended, rather, the constitution to allow other ...
... very direct and candid terms that -- that all of the Middle East was facing the very challenge that has now erupted in Tunisia and in Egypt. And -- and I think that, you know, for some time, many of us have been talking privately with leaders over there and occasionally publicly ...
... RUGMAN: The crowd squeezed its way through army tanks into Tahrir Square, the army's pledge not to use force encouraging the biggest demonstration modern Egypt has ever seen. (CHANTING) JONATHAN RUGMAN: Only last Friday, Egyptians were tear-gassed and shot when they tried coming here. Now nothing can keep ...
... of being able to lead." But he has also been criticized by some for angling for a lead role when he has lived outside of Egypt for much of the last decade. The Youth Movement The young people of Egypt were the core driving force of these protests, turning out ...
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