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Trains cancelled and journalists arrested as government clamps down ahead of 'million man march'.
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Egypt: army rules out force as Mubarak clings to power
President orders new vice-president to make concessions to demonstrators.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt crisis: President Mubarak on the brink
President orders new vice-president to make concessions to demonstrators.
31 Jan 2011
Anger at Mubarak's cabinet reshuffle
Shoppers and protesters show their anger in Cairo after President Mubarak completes a cabinet reshuffle.
31 Jan 2011
Military will not resort to force
Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, on Monday hardened his stance in the face of continuing mass protest and made clear he had no intention of leaving office.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt protesters step up pressure on Mubarak
Thousands of people are on the streets of Cairo for a seventh day, defying the start of a curfew and calling for a general strike.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt crisis: Muslim Brotherhood blames America for the unrest
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood yesterday asserted itself in anti-government protests, blaming America for the unrest because of its support for President Hosni Mubarak.
31 Jan 2011
Oil passes $100 a barrel on Suez Canal shipping fears
Brent crude rose above $100 a barrel for the first time in 28 months on growing worries that protest in Egypt could disrupt oil shipments through the Suez Canal.
31 Jan 2011
Israel rallies to support Mubarak
Israel has rallied to the support of President Hosni Mubarak by allowing Egyptian troops into the Sinai peninsula for the first time since a peace deal was signed in 1979.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt protests: Monday as it happened
Trains cancelled and journalists arrested as government clamps down ahead of 'million man march'. Follow our coverage as it happened.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt braced for 'march of a million'
Egyptian army moves to dispel fears that it will shoot at protesters as country braces for mass march.
31 Jan 2011
Suez: a trading history
The seaport town of Suez has been strategically and commercially important since ancient times when an original canal was built from the Nile delta to the Gulf of Suez.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt's war chest raises fears of financial crisis
Egypt has substantial reserves to avoid an external payments crisis but these could be seriously depleted within weeks if political protests continue, while its banks may struggle to cope with a rush of withdrawals.
31 Jan 2011
Lawrence of Arabia' star Omar Sharif calls for president to go
Film legend Omar Sharif has joined growing for Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president, to step down, saying he had failed to improve the standard of living for ordinary people and that 30 years in power was enough.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt protests: day five of the protests as it happened
How events unfolded on day five of the protests in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak's Government in January 2011.
31 Jan 2011
After food protests, water riots are next
Governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Yemen have faced protests in recent weeks, part fuelled by rising food costs. Unfortunately, this is a trend that looks set to continue and probably escalate over the next two decades.
31 Jan 2011
Egypt crisis: Mubarak orders food subsidies and jobs in attempt to quell protests
President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, ordered his new cabinet on Sunday to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs.
31 Jan 2011
Obama and Cameron call for 'orderly transition' of government
The United States and Britain have joined together to condemn violence in Egypt and called for President Hosni Mubarak to follow a comprehensive process of political reform.
30 Jan 2011
Will Obama trust 80 million Egyptians?
Mubarak's days are numbered and the US is in a quandary: can it trust a new regime's foreign policy?
30 Jan 2011
British tourists stranded at Cairo airport
Hundreds of British tourists were stranded in Cairo last night as the city's airport was engulfed by the crisis sweeping the country.
30 Jan 2011
Pharaoh with a £20bn fortune and a half-Welsh wife
Maintaining his iron grip on Egypt for 30-years has earned Hosni Mubarak the rather flattering title of the Pharaoh.
30 Jan 2011
Egypt in crisis: vigilantes and prisoners on the streets
Egypt's anti government uprising showed signs of fraying into lawlessness on Sunday as a series of mass jail breaks saw thousands of prisoners released on to the streets, and protests continued.
30 Jan 2011
Egypt and Tunisia usher in the new era of global food revolutions
Political risk has returned with a vengeance. The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that import grain, whether in North Africa today or parts of Asia tomorrow.
30 Jan 2011
Looters destroy museum artefacts
Group of nine men broke into Cairo Museum on the edge of Tahrir Square searching for gold.
30 Jan 2011
Egypt: Dark forces lurk in the shadows of hope
The unfolding tide of revolution in the Arab world is a bittersweet moment that is bound to open the tinderbox of Islamic fundamentalism.
30 Jan 2011
Egypt protests: ElBaradei tells Mubarak to leave 'today'
Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei claimed a mandate to negotiate the creation of a national unity government.
30 Jan 2011
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