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Anderson Cooper, Crew Attacked in Egypt

No serious injuries, CNN reports

(Newser) - Reporting from Cairo, Anderson Cooper and his crew were attacked by Hosni Mubarak supporters today. (Update: For video, click here .) CNN’s Steve Brusk first tweeted a report from Cooper that he was “punched 10 times in the head,” and Cooper himself later described the attack on...

Want to Watch Egypt News on al-Jazeera? You Can't

Cable blackout leads to huge surge in web traffic for Qatar-based network

(Newser) - Washington is smugly criticizing Egypt for suppressing Internet communication and al-Jazeera, but if you want to watch history in the making on the network— widely seen as having the best coverage —you probably won't find the Qatar-based news network on your dial. Freely available in Canada, al-Jazeera is blocked...

Egypt Restores Internet
 Egypt Restores Internet 
Feb 2, 2011 4:30 AM CST

Egypt Restores Internet

As army calls for end to the protests

(Newser) - Egyptian authorities tried to nudge the nation back toward normalcy today, bringing the Internet back online as the army called for an end to the protests. “You have the power to bring stability back to the country,” an army spokesman said in a televised address. “We are...

Obama: Egypt's Transition 'Must Begin Now'

He praises young demonstrators, along with the military

(Newser) - President Obama said he spoke to Hosni Mubarak again today and told him that Egypt's transition to new leadership "must begin now." In his own speech, Obama didn't explicitly call for Mubarak to step down earlier than September, though the Washington Post quotes insiders as saying the administration...

Muslim Brotherhood: ‘No One Is Satisfied’

Mubarak's offer might not bring end to demonstrations

(Newser) - Based on protesters' initial reaction to Hosni Mubarak's promise not to run for re-election in September—but to remain in office during the interim—it won't be enough to appease them. “No one is satisfied,” said a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the Wall Street Journal...

Mubarak Says He Won't Run for Re-Election

Obama urged him to skip the fall elections

(Newser) - Hosni Mubarak addressed his nation again today, this time promising not to run for another term in the September election, reports Al Jazeera . The Egyptian leader says he intends to remain in office until then and work toward a "peaceful transfer of power." Now the big question: Will...

US Orders Employees Out of Egypt

And expects to evacuate another 1,400 citizens

(Newser) - The US has ordered all of its non-essential State Department personnel to leave Egypt "in light of recent events," the department tells the AP . Last week, the department offered to extract such personnel free of charge, but now that suggestion has become an outright command. The US has...

US Sizes Up ElBaradei
 US Sizes Up ElBaradei 
Feb 1, 2011 9:48 AM CST

US Sizes Up ElBaradei

He hated Bush, and used to love Obama; where is he now?

(Newser) - Until now, Mohamed ElBaradei and Barack Obama have always had something of a bromance. When Obama won the Nobel Prize, ElBaradei praised his commitment to “restore moral decency.” When ElBaradei toured Latin America in 2009, he told each leader to “help President Obama succeed.” When Obama...

Throngs Gather for 'Million-Man' March

Pockets of protesters form elsewhere.

(Newser) - Cairo's “march of a million” looks like it's living up to its billing, reports al-Jazeera , with something along those lines gathered in Tahrir Square to call for Hosni Mubarak’s departure. A second "million-strong" demonstration is also scheduled in Alexandria, and in there have been “increasingly large...

Roads Shut as Masses Descend on Cairo

Military pledges not to fire on protesters

(Newser) - Authorities have shut down all roads and public transportation to Cairo as anti-government protesters gather for what organizers say will be the biggest day of protests yet, security officials tell AP . Organizers hope a million people will gather in the city's Tahrir Square to demand the ouster of President Hosni...

Egypt Shutting Down Cell Phone Networks

But Google's helping people get around Internet blocks

(Newser) - Egypt is again targeting communication networks ahead of a million-man protest planned today. Mobile phone networks will be shut down over the next few hours, CNN reports. Google has announced on its official blog that it has set up a "speak-to-tweet" service to help Egyptians get around Internet blocks....

Egyptian VP to Opposition: Let's Talk

Suleiman says Mubarak has authorized him to begin talks

(Newser) - Egypt's new vice president said that the government would be willing to begin a dialogue with the opposition in order to mollify the violent protests that have rocked the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. Omar Suleiman said that President Mubarak had asked him to open an "immediate" dialogue...

Google Exec Missing in Egypt
 Google Exec Missing in Egypt 
Jan 31, 2011 3:54 PM CST

Google Exec Missing in Egypt

Head of marketing expressed sympathy with protesters

(Newser) - A Google exec has gone missing amid the chaos reigning in Egypt, the Wall Street Journal reports. Family and friends have been unable to reach Wael Ghonim, head of Google's marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, since 6pm on Friday. While spotty Internet access is making routine communication...

Egypt Strife Looks Like Bad News for Global Markets

Especially if unrest spreads, or oil prices continue to climb

(Newser) - The political unrest in Egypt is sending shockwaves through the rest of the world, and causing widespread uncertainty in global markets. Though the US stock market has largely shrugged off other, similar unexpected events—the European debt crisis, rising interest rates in China—the situation in Egypt could have take...

Egypt Coverage Marred by American Narcissism
Egypt Coverage Marred by American Narcissism
OPINION
Jan 31, 2011 1:23 PM CST

Egypt Coverage Marred by American Narcissism

American media keep insisting we 'do something'

(Newser) - In Egypt, thousands of people are fighting “for their fundamental human rights, a struggle that has very little to do with your opinions on anything,” writes Alex Pareene on Salon . But as far as the American media are concerned, it has everything to do with the US. “...

Egypt Inspired by Nameless Facebooker

User known only as 'El Shaheed' fueled protests

(Newser) - The protests rocking Egypt have been fueled in part by a man who died before they began: Khaled Said, who was reportedly killed by police last summer. That’s the name that heads a Facebook page that has been helping to organize the demonstrations—but the page’s creator, who...

China Blocks 'Egypt' Search Term

Media offers limited coverage of protests

(Newser) - As protests continue to rage across Egypt, Chinese authorities have blocked Internet searches for the country’s name in its microblogging services. Big portals like Sohu.com and Sina.com have been offering the Twitter-like services, but a search for "Egypt" on Sina.com returns this message: "According...

US Will Fly Every American Out of Egypt

...or, at least, every American who wants to go, by way of chartered flight

(Newser) - The State Department is serious about wanting US citizens out of Egypt —so it’s planning enough chartered flights to evacuate all of them. Charters are flying from Cairo and will likely land in Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, but spotty Internet connections are making it difficult for Americans to...

Egyptians Plan Million-Man Protest

Opposition hopes tomorrow's big demonstration will push out Mubarak

(Newser) - Protesters in Egypt are calling for the biggest demonstration yet tomorrow, hoping to topple the wobbly Mubarak regime. Organizers hope that more than a million people will take to the streets in Cairo alone, reports al-Jazeera . "It seems as if they are saying: 'We are here to stay. We...

Mubarak Foes Unite Behind ElBaradei

... Including the controversial Muslim Brotherhood

(Newser) - Egypt's vast protest movement is showing signs of converging behind a single leader: Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei . Various opposition groups threw their support behind him today, none more significant than the controversial Muslim Brotherhood. ElBaradei addressed the throngs at a rally in downtown Cairo, despite the curfew that exists in...

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