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
- Egyptian protesters in Cairo chanted slogans calling for the army to support them, complaining of police violence during clashes on Friday www.reuters.com
- Fantastic slideshow of pictures taken by Reuters photographers on the ground in Egypt as protests unfold www.reuters.com
- Egypt announces curfew of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez: State TV
A protester runs in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
- Dozens of people reported wounded as police and demonstrators continue to fight running street battles in Cairo www.reuters.com
- Egyptian military vehicles sighted on streets of Cairo www.reuters.com
- CNN reporting that Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest.
- CNN also reporting that President Hosni Mubarak will soon speak
- RT @NickKristof Looks like Mubarak has given up on the police and is ordering in the army to restore order and enforce curfew.
- RT @rzabaneh AlJazeera BREAKING on #Egypt #Jan25: Police are knocking on @AJEnglish doors.
- CNN saying street curfew has now been effect for about 10 minutes in major Egyptian cities.
- Protests have now spread to Jordan www.reuters.com
- Mubarak will address the nation in 15 minutes....
A protester gestures in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
- RT @bencnn Massive cloud of tear gas at Zamalek end of 6 October Bridge..into the Nile. Protesters continue to chant "Down Down Mubarak."
- U.N. rights chief says Egypt has arrested 1,000 www.reuters.com
- Video shows the violence after Friday prayers www.reuters.com
- CNN saying that Mubarak is due to address the country "any minute now"
- TV footage is now showing ruling party headquarters in Cairo on fire.
- 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 the way, my name is Osama Kassab, and not Kassb as stated below.
- Witnesses on the ground in Tunisia say police have stormed a protest camp to disperse sit-in demonstrators, Reuters reporters say.
A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
- it is really true moment in the arab world history , now the rules of the game have been changed
- Witnesses are telling Reuters reporters that tanks have now arrived in Suez.
- Al Jazeera is reporting that thick black smoke was billing across Cairo as night fell. Local time in Cairo right now is 6:40pm.
Smoke bellows over Cairo following clashes between protesters and police January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
- The incidents in Egypt are the true results of the presidential elections
- Incredible images from photographer Yannis Behrakis showing the smoke billowing over the Cairo skyline.
- 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.
- to all people in egypt please do not stop , it is our life , do not lt them take it...
- ...let them take it..
- People are telling Reuters that the army opened fire after protesters climbed on tanks in Suez, however this was not immediately confirmed.
A protester lies on the ground after inhaling tear gas during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
- Photographer Goran Tomasevic captures the effect of tear gas on a protester.
Protesters fall to the ground as they inhale tear gas during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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- CNN reporter on scene saying that protesters are not attacking army but treating soldiers on scene almost with "adulation."
Smoke bellows over Cairo following clashes between protesters and police January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A protester holds stones as he shouts at police during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
- Hillary Clinton speaking now on Egypt situation....
- Clinton says that the Egyptian government needs to understand that violence will not make protests go away.
- Angela Merkel saying basically same thing from Davos, calling for an end to the violence and warning that there will be innocent victims.
- 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.
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