Unrest in Egypt

Follow Reuters' coverage as a wave of unrest grips Egypt

Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday for the fourth day running www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:16:47 PM
Egyptian protesters in Cairo chanted slogans calling for the army to support them, complaining of police violence during clashes on Friday www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:26:23 PM
Fantastic slideshow of pictures taken by Reuters photographers on the ground in Egypt as protests unfold www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:29:39 PM
Egypt announces curfew of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez: State TV

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:35:42 PM
A protester runs in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:44:56 PM
Dozens of people reported wounded as police and demonstrators continue to fight running street battles in Cairo www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:50:41 PM
Egyptian military vehicles sighted on streets of Cairo www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:51:18 PM
CNN reporting that Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 3:57:54 PM
CNN also reporting that President Hosni Mubarak will soon speak

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:03:22 PM
RT @NickKristof Looks like Mubarak has given up on the police and is ordering in the army to restore order and enforce curfew.

by Anthony De Rosa 1/28/2011 4:03:24 PM
RT @rzabaneh AlJazeera BREAKING on #Egypt #Jan25: Police are knocking on @AJEnglish doors.

by Anthony De Rosa 1/28/2011 4:04:20 PM
CNN saying street curfew has now been effect for about 10 minutes in major Egyptian cities.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:09:00 PM
Protests have now spread to Jordan www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:10:04 PM
Mubarak will address the nation in 15 minutes....

by suliman 1/28/2011 4:10:30 PM
A protester gestures in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:12:24 PM
RT @bencnn Massive cloud of tear gas at Zamalek end of 6 October Bridge..into the Nile. Protesters continue to chant "Down Down Mubarak."

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:12:27 PM
U.N. rights chief says Egypt has arrested 1,000 www.reuters.com

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:16:46 PM
Video shows the violence after Friday prayers www.reuters.com

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:18:11 PM
CNN saying that Mubarak is due to address the country "any minute now"

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:23:53 PM
TV footage is now showing ruling party headquarters in Cairo on fire.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:26:19 PM
I really, really appreciate the all seeing eye of Reuters, but please could you change the photos of Grant Surridge and Corinne Perkins to a more sombre looking one please!

by Osama Kassb 1/28/2011 4:27:50 PM
By the way, my name is Osama Kassab, and not Kassb as stated below.

by Osama Kassb 1/28/2011 4:30:12 PM
Witnesses on the ground in Tunisia say police have stormed a protest camp to disperse sit-in demonstrators, Reuters reporters say.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:30:52 PM
A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:31:17 PM
it is really true moment in the arab world history , now the rules of the game have been changed

by ahmed 1/28/2011 4:33:29 PM
Witnesses are telling Reuters reporters that tanks have now arrived in Suez.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:34:40 PM
Al Jazeera is reporting that thick black smoke was billing across Cairo as night fell. Local time in Cairo right now is 6:40pm.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:40:10 PM
Smoke bellows over Cairo following clashes between protesters and police January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:40:36 PM
The incidents in Egypt are the true results of the presidential elections

by Ayman 1/28/2011 4:40:37 PM
Incredible images from photographer Yannis Behrakis showing the smoke billowing over the Cairo skyline.

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:41:16 PM
I just got off the phone (land line) with my family in Tanta, police stations 1 and 2 were set on fire, smoke could be witnessed from afar, huge protests are still underway, please join your brothers and sisters on the streets of Tanta.

by mahmoudE 1/28/2011 4:41:46 PM
to all people in egypt please do not stop , it is our life , do not lt them take it...

by ahmed 1/28/2011 4:43:26 PM
...let them take it..

by ahmed 1/28/2011 4:44:31 PM
People are telling Reuters that the army opened fire after protesters climbed on tanks in Suez, however this was not immediately confirmed.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:46:15 PM
A protester lies on the ground after inhaling tear gas during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:47:35 PM
Photographer Goran Tomasevic captures the effect of tear gas on a protester.

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:48:01 PM
Protesters fall to the ground as they inhale tear gas during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:52:03 PM
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by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 4:52:48 PM
CNN reporter on scene saying that protesters are not attacking army but treating soldiers on scene almost with "adulation."

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 4:59:15 PM
Smoke bellows over Cairo following clashes between protesters and police January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 5:00:14 PM
A protester holds stones as he shouts at police during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

by Corinne Perkins 1/28/2011 5:09:55 PM
Hillary Clinton speaking now on Egypt situation....

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 5:10:14 PM
Clinton says that the Egyptian government needs to understand that violence will not make protests go away.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 5:11:20 PM
Angela Merkel saying basically same thing from Davos, calling for an end to the violence and warning that there will be innocent victims.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 5:17:24 PM
CNN reporter on scene saying that either police or soldiers are firing "live rounds" in addition to teargas as protesters attack a police station near Ministry of Information in Cairo.

by Grant Surridge 1/28/2011 5:23:40 PM

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