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UPDATE: People Power Pushes Mubarak Out
- Inter Press Service
Several hundred thousand protesters massed in Cairo's central Tahrir Square exploded into joy Friday, after Vice-President Omar Suleiman made the announcement that Hosni Mubarak had resigned as president of Egypt after three decades in office.
EGYPT: Mubarak ‘Out of Touch With Reality’
- Inter Press Service
In a televised address late Thursday night, embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delegated executive authority to his newly-appointed vice-president, but stopped short of stepping down. The announcement enraged anti-Mubarak demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, who say they will maintain their uprising - now in its 18th day - until Mubarak's unconditional resignation.
Arab Women Lead the Charge
- Inter Press Service
Asmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian woman who two weeks ago had only one name, now boasts at least three. These include 'A woman worth 100 men', 'The girl who crushed Mubarak' and 'The leader of the Egyptian revolution'.
EGYPT: Labour Unrest Feeds Growing Protests
- Inter Press Service
With international press coverage focused almost entirely on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, few outsiders have grasped the scale of Egypt’s popular uprising, now in its third week. But massive demonstrations, and pitched battles between pro- democracy protesters and the regime’s security forces, are taking place in every corner of the country.
Jordan Feels a Jolt
- Inter Press Service
The wave of political protests that has struck parts of the Middle East and North Africa over the past few weeks has also affected the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The protest movement here, initiated in the wake of the Tunisian Jasmine revolution, underscores the population’s demand for political reform.
EGYPT-U.S.: Washington Voices Impatience with Regime
- Inter Press Service
Amid the continuing stand-off between protestors and the Egyptian government, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be losing patience with both President Hosni Mubarak and his new vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman.
Environmental and Demographic Forces Threaten State Failure
- Inter Press Service
Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and across the Middle East at the start of 2011 have reminded the world just how politically fragile some countries are. But the focus of international politics has been shifting for some time now.
EGYPT: Muslims and Christians Protest as One
- Inter Press Service
Over recent years, Egypt has witnessed mounting tension between its Muslim majority and its sizeable Coptic Christian minority. But in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the site of ongoing mass protests against the ruling regime, members of both faiths chant in unison: 'Muslim, Christian, doesn't matter; We're all in this boat together!'
Behind the Spin, Egypt Gives Tehran Political Heartburn
- Inter Press Service
Judging from official propaganda in both Iran and much of the Arab world, the uprisings that toppled Tunisia's dictatorship and threatens Egypt's authoritarian regime is the direct descendent of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Hungry Gazans Feed Egyptian Troops
- Inter Press Service
Mustapha Suleiman, 27, from J Block east of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, crosses through gaps in the iron fence on the border carrying bread, water, meat cans and a handful of vegetables for Egyptian soldiers stationed on the other side.
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