Egypt Stocks Down, Protester Morale Up As They Prepare For Friday -- Christian Science Monitor
Egypt's benchmark stock index plunged as much as 10 percent today, amid wild rumors that businessmen close to President Hosni Mubarak were preparing to flee the country and as protesters vowed to take to the streets once again in large numbers following afternoon prayers tomorrow.
Small groups of protesters clashed with police in Cairo and in Suez, the port city along the strategic canal that links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, demonstrators torched a police post, furious at the killings and arrests of demonstrators earlier in the week, Al Jazeera reports. Today appears to have been far calmer than Tuesday and Wednesday, but the simple fact that protesters have maintained a presence on the streets in face of a strong government crackdown has put them in uncharted territory. Monitor Correspondent Kristen Chick captured the mood among demonstrators in this piece from yesterday:
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Egypt activists vow more protests as 1,000 arrested -- Yahoo News/AFP
Egypt's stock market temporarily suspended -- Xinhuanet
Egypt: More Protests Expected; Stock Market Plunges; Movement 'Growing' -- NPR
Egyptian Markets Fall as Protests Gather Support -- New York Times
Egyptian police fill streets to quell protests -- CBC
Egyptian protesters burn police post in Suez in third day of demonstrations -- USA Today
Protesters torch Egypt police post -- Al Jazeera
Egyptian protests reach third day -- Press Association
Egypt's protests enter 3rd day, ominous for regime -- Jerusalem Post/AP
Egypt's Protests Turn Ugly as the Regime Changes Tactics -- Abigail Hauslohner, Time Magazine
Momentum Builds In Egypt Protests, Despite Mass Arrests -- Radio Free Europe
Egypt unrest: ElBaradei 'ready' to lead transition -- BBC
Egypt's ElBaradei ready for interim power: report -- Reuters
Egyptian Opposition Leader ElBaradei Returns to Cairo Following Protests -- Bloomberg
Unrest continues in Egypt amid expected Baradie's return -- Xinhuanet
ElBaradei willing to lead an interim government in Egypt -- M&C
Nobel winner ElBaradei returning to Egypt, brother says -- CNN
Obama faces tough choices as protests sweep Egypt -- McClatchy News
Egypt Erupting: A Momentary Lull -- The Daily Dish/The Atlantic
Egypt protests: Can Mubarak be toppled? -- Jon Leyne, BBC
Mideast Unrest Challenges U.S. -- Wall Street Journal
The Egypt I never knew existed -- Jamal Elshayyal, Al Jazeera
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