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20:55

High spirits in Tahrir Square

Photographed by Asmaa Youssef
  The mood at the protests in Tahrir Square today was festive.  Still, charred vehicles, destroyed stores and littered rocks remained as potent reminders of the fact that, only four days ago, the area was a...
19:15

Army pledges no use of force during Tuesday's protests

<p>Army trucks drive down Qasr al-Nil Bridge Friday evening.</p>
Photographed by Staff
As the countdown to Tuesday’s rallies continues, the army promises no use of violence against citizens, according to state owned television. The armed forces were quoted as saying that the deployment of tanks and...
18:54

Mubarak appoints new cabinet

Ahmed Shafik minister of civil aviation in the Egyptian government
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    Mubarak’s new cabinet, which he announced today, was dismissed by the opposition as an “unsuccessful attempt” to save an “illegitimate” regime. “This cabinet is a...
17:11

Egyptian railway service halted

Photographed by Asmaa Youssef
The Railway Authority announced today that it will stop all service throughout the country and refrained from explaining the reasons and the deadline for the return of its services.  An official source within the...
15:17

Christians and Muslims work to provide security in Alexandria

Directed by Ines Marzouk
In the coastal city of Alexandria, popular efforts continued to confront thuggery and looting, with both Muslim and Christian religious constituencies using their resources to lead those efforts. In the Daqahlia...
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<p>Protesters take time out to pray</p>
Despite protests, some business as usual in Cairo
With no other way to feed their families, some Egyptians put down their Egyptian flags and anti-Mubarak signs on Monday, turning their energy away...
Bakers defy curfews to continue providing bread
Cairo protesters embark on hunger strike
Egyptians turn out massively to donate blood
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Economy

Analysis: Investors face risks however Egypt plays out
If President Hosni Mubarak clings to power, investors will reprice Egyptian and regional assets to brace for weeks, months or possibly years of...
Following market dive, rights group calls for ban on money transfers abroad
Egyptian pound continues to fall
Egypt's bourse plummets on protest fears
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Media

China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest
Bejing—Chinese censors are blocking online discussion and sanitising news reports about the unrest in Egypt, in a sign of official unease that...
Thursday's papers: Investors panic as riots continue
Wednesday's papers: Angry uprising across Egypt, protesters to continue sit-in
Tuesday's papers: Day of Anger or a 'bunch of unaware kids'
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Photos

<p>A Central Security Forces (CSF) policeman ready to shoot protesters (not in photo) with rubber bullets, Isaaf, central Cairo, January 26, 2011.</p> <p>Thousands of Egyptians took to streets on what is now branded &quot;Day of Anger&quot; (or, alternatively, &quot;Day of Rage&quot;) on Police Day, swarming into Tahrir Square in central Cairo. Protesters shouted against Egypt&#39;s Hosni Mubarak and called for political change, social justice and end of what is widely seen as a 30-year rule of corruption under Mubarak. Egyptian security apparatus kept a low note, only to play rough - using tear gas, rubber bullets and fire hoses, and, not least, beating protesters - as thousands pledged to spent their night in Tahrir Square until all demands are met.</p>

In defense of Egypt's capital

Photographed by Mohamed Maarouf
A Central Security Forces (CSF) policeman ready to shoot protesters (not in photo) with rubber bullets, Isaaf, central...
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<p>Day of Anger. Central Cairo, January 25, 2011.</p> <p>Typically crowded, Central Cairo was a ghost city early on January 25 as Egyptian police apparatus was confident protests are a business as usual matter. However, what a lonely kid carrying bakeries seemed what Egyptian security is capabale of only turned into unprecedented massive protests in Tahrir Square in Central Cairo.</p> <p>On Day of Anger (or, alternatively, &quot;Day of Rage&quot;), thousands of Egyptians took to streets, swarming into Tahrir Square. Protesters shouted against Egypt&#39;s Hosni Mubarak and called for political change, social justice and end of what is widely seen as a 30-year rule of corruption under Mubarak. Egyptian security apparatus kept a low note, only to play rough - using tear gas, rubber bullets and fire hoses, and, not least, beating protesters - as thousands pledged to spent their night in Tahrir Square until all demands are met.</p> <p>Protests are all over Egypt now.</p>

Egypt: Anger

Photographed by Amr Abdalla
Day of Anger. Central Cairo, January 25, 2011. Typically crowded, Central Cairo was a ghost city early on January 25 as...
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<p>Mohamed el-Baradei, former former Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to media reporters upon his arrival, Cairo International Airport, January 27, 2011, to participate in Day of Anger protests. </p>

Baradei arrives Cairo

Photographed by Mohamed Maarouf
Mohamed el-Baradei, former former Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to media reporters upon...
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<p>A Central Security Forces (CSF) policeman ready to shoot protesters (not in photo) with rubber bullets, Isaaf, central Cairo, January 26, 2011.</p> <p>Thousands of Egyptians took to streets on what is now branded &quot;Day of Anger&quot; (or, alternatively, &quot;Day of Rage&quot;) on Police Day, swarming into Tahrir Square in central Cairo. Protesters shouted against Egypt&#39;s Hosni Mubarak and called for political change, social justice and end of what is widely seen as a 30-year rule of corruption under Mubarak. Egyptian security apparatus kept a low note, only to play rough - using tear gas, rubber bullets and fire hoses, and, not least, beating protesters - as thousands pledged to spent their night in Tahrir Square until all demands are met.</p>
<p>Day of Anger. Central Cairo, January 25, 2011.</p> <p>Typically crowded, Central Cairo was a ghost city early on January 25 as Egyptian police apparatus was confident protests are a business as usual matter. However, what a lonely kid carrying bakeries seemed what Egyptian security is capabale of only turned into unprecedented massive protests in Tahrir Square in Central Cairo.</p> <p>On Day of Anger (or, alternatively, &quot;Day of Rage&quot;), thousands of Egyptians took to streets, swarming into Tahrir Square. Protesters shouted against Egypt&#39;s Hosni Mubarak and called for political change, social justice and end of what is widely seen as a 30-year rule of corruption under Mubarak. Egyptian security apparatus kept a low note, only to play rough - using tear gas, rubber bullets and fire hoses, and, not least, beating protesters - as thousands pledged to spent their night in Tahrir Square until all demands are met.</p> <p>Protests are all over Egypt now.</p>
<p>Mohamed el-Baradei, former former Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks to media reporters upon his arrival, Cairo International Airport, January 27, 2011, to participate in Day of Anger protests. </p>

Environment

<p>Abandoned Nubian village currently overlooking Lake Nasser. Residents were displaced decades ago when building the High Dam and Lake Nasser.</p>
Aswan tourism projects upset local residents
It all started in 2009, when businessman Mansour Amer, founder and owner of real estate company Amer, sought to launch a project in Aswan to follow...
Environmental breaches could lie behind cancer increase
Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations Part II
Environmental Voices: The politics of international environmental negotiations--Part I
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World

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Tunisia issues warrant for ousted president
Tunis--Tunisia said Wednesday it had issued an international arrest warrant for ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who resigned this month...
Calm returns to Lebanon after days of protests over Hizbullah power play
Arab League chief voices concern over latest escalations in Lebanon
Tunisians prefer "Dignity Revolution" to “Jasmine Uprising”
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Culture

<p>El General</p>
Cultural renaissance in Tunisia: Freedom of speech and a witch hunt
The Tunisian revolution is less than two weeks old, and the country, despite the hasty creation of a transition government, is still plunged in a...
Book review: Police tell all horrors
Egypt's Museums XVII: Bad propaganda at the Military Museum
Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust
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Caricature

My name is not Regime

Artist Amro Selim
Protesters: People want regime down.  Mubarak: Thank god they don't mean me. My name is...
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Egyptian on fire, again

[Another Egyptian sets himself on fire at parliament] - You withdraw all gas and matchsticks all...
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A happy ending

Artist Doaa Eladl
A happy ending
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Life & Style

<p>أحد المتظاهرين في مواجهه قوات الأمن، إمبابة، الجيزة، 26 يناير 2011. احتشد مئات المتظاهرين في مسيرات احتجاجية، استكمالاً لمظاهرات «يوم الغضب» التي بدأت قبل يوم في مختلف محافظات مصر، والتي دعت لها مجموعة من القوى السياسية المعارضة، بالتزامن مع أعياد الشرطة، احتجاجاً على الأوضاع السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المتردية بالبلد. حدثت اشتباكات عنيفة بين قوات الأمن والمتظاهرين، وحاولت قوات الأمن تفريق المتظاهرين وفض اعتصامهم وقاموا بالاعتداء واعتقال البعض.</p>
New voices in the crowds: Protests draw first-timers to the streets
As tens of thousands of protesters overwhelmed the nation this week, several first-time protesters explain what prompted them to join their ranks....
Tips for staying safe in a demonstration
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Making art accessible to all
Buying birth control: Sexual stigmas and STDs
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Travel

Postcard from Langkawi: Seaside shawerma
After embracing a long journey in the land of Malaysia which included cave-exploring, night-walks in the jungle, swimming off abandoned beaches and...
Cruising Lake Nasser: When Egypt's past and present collide
Postcard from Amsterdam: Homeless conversations
Museum hideaways and window shopping in snowy London
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