A protester draped in an Egyptian flag climbs atop an army tank to shake hands with a soldier in Cairo January 29, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behraki

@Khaled Z As soon as we hear anything from reliable sources, you will be able to read about it here. Thanks for your comment.

Thousands of protesters have clashed with police in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria despite the call by the army not to congregate. www.reuters.com

@mahmoud m.y senussi I haven't heard anything yet. Stick around for further updates but this is not something I have come across.

@Scotty Again, we'll need to wait for a reliable source to tell us about that. We'll try and find out.

To confirm, Egyptian authorities have extended the length of the curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez so it now runs from 4pm local time to 8am. That info comes from state televsion. 4pm in Egypt is 2pm GMT, so in two-and-a-half hours or so we will know how well-observed the curfew turns out to be.

@Reuters_Khaled Mahrous Not yet. Sorry we can't answer your questions with any real authority, but as you can understand it's a difficult thing to put a number on. Most news agencies, however, report that it is in the thousands.

Below are some reactions from people on the streets of Cairo to President Mubarak's statement last night:

WAEL ABBAS, 33-YEAR-OLD LAWYER

"It's the same speech that he's been delivering for 30 years, that no one understands anything from. His speech writers write mediocre speeches that have nothing to do with the nation and the needs of the nation. There is no change and it's a negative message for everybody."

SAMEH HASSAN, RECENTLY RETURNED EXPAT FROM SAUDI ARABIA

"The people have shown their will to the world and the world is watching. And what does Mubarak say? He takes full responsibility for this mess, but wants everyone else except himself to step down. We'll make sure he will step down as well."

SHERIF HASSAN, 42-YEAR-OLD TAXI DRIVER

"The president has his legacy since he was a commander in the October 1973 war. He doesn't want to end his presidency in personal humiliation or a sense of failure. He can't have spent 50 years fighting and toiling for Egypt in general and then in the end emerge as a traitor. He's not a megalomaniac."

FOUAD, 24-YEAR-OLD RESEARCHER

"What the president said is not enough. It's humiliating. They're his stale old words. Had he spoken the day before yesterday, people could have calmed down. But now it's too late."

ADEL, 33-YEAR-OLD TAXI DRIVER

"His speech was provocative. We were expecting him to say he would leave. But now his speech would provoke more people to take to the streets. He said he would change the government, but he would only change a couple of ministers and that will be all. We want him to leave."

REHAB SAYED, 29-YEAR-OLD MARKETING EXECUTIVE

"We supported the demonstrations and what's been happening. But after Mubarak came out last night and spoke, it made a difference. We felt there was a step taken. He said the resignation of the government is a first step. Hopefully this new government could provide more hope than the previous one."

SALAH ABDEL MAQSOUD, JOURNALISTS UNION, TO AL JAZEERA

"We don't want this regime to leave this country in a state of destruction. We want it to go away. We need to give them a safe haven to leave this nation. Leave us, enough." www.reuters.com

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has expressed his support for Egyptian President Mubarak despite the massive protests, the official Saudi Press Agency said.

Reuters' Sami Aboudi and Martina Fuchs write: "It said King Abdullah phoned Mubarak after days of massive anti-government protests in which demonstrators called for the Egyptian president to step down.

"No Arab or Muslim can tolerate any meddling in the security and stability of Arab and Muslim Egypt by those who infiltrated the people in the name of the freedom of expression, exploiting it to inject their destructive hatred," SPA quoted King Abdullah as saying.

Egypt's stock market will be closed on Sunday following the protests.

Egypt banks closed Sunday as "precaution", customer accounts safe: Egypt central bank

Egypt's stock market closed on Sunday: regulator www.reuters.com

ElBaradei calls on Mubarak to resign www.reuters.com

Japan PM urges Mubarak dialogue with Egyptians www.reuters.com

Egyptian state TV quotes army as saying anyone caught violating curfew will be in danger

ElBaradei: from U.N. atom chief to Egypt activist www.reuters.com

Looters destroy mummies in Egyptian Museum: official www.reuters.com