In Egypt’s Tahrir Square, celebration grinded to a halt with Mubarak’s speech announcing he intends to remain in the position of power. The seat of power he has used and abused for three decades.
Egypt’s general prosecutor on Monday opened probe on former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly’s reported role in the New Year’s Eve bombing of al-Qiddissin Church in Alexandria in which 24 people were killed.
If the revolutions of 2011 succeed, they will force the creation of a very different regional and world system. Many commentators are comparing Egypt to Iran of 32 years ago, mostly to warn of the risks of the country descending into some sort of Islamist dictatorship.
As the world watches Egyptian society transform, various interest groups jockey for position in the new political order. Read this excellent analysis to get an understanding of what is really going on behind the scenes and why the West has not yet called for his Mubarak’s departure.
Protest organisers held their first meetings with Shafiq late Friday, underlining that they met him only to discuss how to arrange Mubarak’s departure. The problem is in the president, he is not getting it that he has become a burden on everybody,” saidAbdel Rahman Youssef.
Beyond clichéd plots, Muslim writers and actors hope to show their own true stories to Hollywood. After years of watching Muslims portrayed as terrorists in mainstream TV and movies, an advocacy group hopes to change that image.
President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast.
Australia has told Egypt’s much despised leader the time for political change has come. “Clearly, a transition is required in Egypt,” Ms Gillard told reporters. “It is up to the people of Egypt to shape their future but the time for change has come.”
Whilst daily losses from the blockade ran at about $18M, the Mubarak government conceded a loss of $90 million in a foolish move to block internet access.
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