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Renewed pressure on Mubarak to quit as talks fail
CAIRO – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came under fresh pressure on Monday to step down as opponents said concessions made in landmark talks were not enough to halt a revolt against his 30-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators spent Sunday night under blankets and tarpaulins in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square, or…
Clinton concerned over early exit for Egypt’s president
WASHINGTON – The timetable of President Hosni Mubarak’s departure lies with the Egyptian people but his early departure could raise electoral complications, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday. Under pressure from mass protests, Mubarak has pledged to step down after September polls but many protesters demand his immediate…
Obama calls for ‘representative government’ in Egypt
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama reiterated his call Sunday for an “orderly” and “meaningful” transition in Egypt and said he wanted to see a “representative government” emerge. “The Egyptian people want freedom, free and fair elections, they want a representative government, they want a responsive government. We’ve said, you…
Egypt’s Suleiman meets with opposition on reform
CAIRO (Reuters) – Vice President Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with Egyptian opposition groups including the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood to try and find a way out of the country’s worst crisis in decades, attendees said. They said the attendees included members of secular opposition parties, independent legal experts…
Huge crowds turn out for Mubarak ‘departure day’
CAIRO – Egyptian protesters massed Friday for sweeping “departure day” demonstrations to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit after he said he would like to step down but fears chaos would result. Tens of thousands filled Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 11 straight days of protests that…
Mubarak: ‘If I leave today there will be chaos’
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that he wants to step down but just can’t. “If I leave today there will be chaos,” he told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour. Mubarak also rejected the notion that his supporters were responsible for the violence seen over the past 48 hours. He placed the…
We will ‘destroy Israel,’ Egyptian protester declares
Speaking to CNN Sunday, protesters in Egypt illustrated why the US may not be in a hurry for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. CNN’s Nic Robertson took to the streets in Alexandria, Egypt where scores of demonstrators wanted to make their voices heard. Their main message was that it…
Egypt police fire rubber bullets at Cairo protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian riot police fired rubber bullets at protesters who had promised a “Friday of Wrath” in Cairo to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule as part of a wave of unrest gripping the Middle East. Angry protesters gathered in a neighborhood near a residential…
Conservatives claim anti-tax crusader secretly leading Muslim indoctrination
Are a growing cross-section of American conservatives really secret Muslims bent on destroying western civilization? Answer: No. But that’s not stopping right-wing activist Frank Gaffney from claiming the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had been infiltrated by radical Muslims because of the inclusion of Americans for Tax Reform president Grover…
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