Saturday, January 29, 2011

Unrest And Revolution In Egypt -- News Updates January 29, 2011



Mubarak To Name New Cabinet As Demonstrators Clash With Police A Fifth Day -- Bloomberg

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is set to name a new government today after ignoring demands to resign from protesters who clashed with security forces for a fifth day, setting alight buildings and vehicles.

Mubarak spoke in a televised address to the nation just after midnight in Cairo after ordering the army into the streets to restore order. Twenty people have been killed and 1,000 injured in the clashes that have swept Cairo and other major cities around the country, Qatar-based Al Jazeera television reported, without saying how it obtained the information.

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More News On The Unrest In Egypt

New clashes erupt as Egyptians spurn Mubarak speech -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Officials: 38 dead in Egypt protests since Friday -- Yahoo News/AP
Report: At least 95 killed in Egypt unrest since Friday -- M&C
Death toll in Egypt's protests reaches 74 - sources -- Reuters
Egyptian military closes pyramids after riots -- Yahoo News/AP

Unrest in Egypt (Complete Coverage) -- Stars And Stripes
LIVE: Egypt unrest day five -- BBC
Latest developments in Egypt protests -- CNN

Egypt's anger spills into the streets for a 5th day
-- L.A. Times
'Revolution of the people': Egyptians resume protests -- MSNBC
Cairo falls into near-anarchy; army warns it will treat protesters as criminals -- Washington Post
Egypt's Regime on the Brink -- Wall Street Journal
Huge Crowd of Demonstrators Gathers in Cairo -- Voice of America
Egyptian protesters regroup after day of rage -- The Telegraph
Egyptian President sacks his entire cabinet as 35 are killed in violent protests -- The Daily Mail
Egypt Protests Continue as Government Resigns -- New York Times
Protesters back on Egypt streets -- Al Jazeera
Army rolls in as Egypt stand-off continues -- ABC News (Australia)
Chaos and calm, fury and rejoicing mark Egyptian protests -- Reuters
Egypt protests leave Cairo a 'warzone' -- BBC
Egypt protests: President Mubarak sacks cabinet but refuses to step down -- The Telegraph
ElBaradei says Mubarak 'must go' -- AFP
Egypt protesters: Mubarak, you're not hearing us -- Christian Science Monitor

Egypt's military secures famed antiquities museum -- AP
Egypt army secures museum with pharaonic treasures: report -- Reuters
Egypt's Military Secures Famed Antiquities Museum -- ABC News/AP
Egyptians rush to save Tut's riches -- MSNBC
Egyptian Army Secures National Museum Site -- CBS
Cairo on Fire, Museum Containing King Tut’s Artifacts at risk -- AllVoices

Transcript: President Obama's Remarks on Egypt -- Time Magazine
Obama tells Mubarak to deliver promised reforms -- Reuters
Obama admonishes Egypt's Mubarak on protests -- AP
U.S. shifts tone, bluntly urges Mubarak to reform now -- Reuters
What the United States has at stake in Egypt -- MSNBC

Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles -- Al Jazeera
The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark -- Yahoo News/AP
Egypt's Internet still offline, a day later -- CNET News
Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services -- Wall Street Journal
Egypt's telecommunications blackout crushes citizen journalism -- Beta News
Egypt: wires cut -- Financial Times

Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast -- Haaretz
Israel's Foreign Ministry closely monitoring Egyptian protests -- Jerusalem Post
Israel silent over Egypt protests -- MSNBC

Egypt unrest rattles tourists -- Yahoo News/AP
Egypt protests draw mixed reaction in region -- CNN
Saudi Arabia Voices Support for Mubarak -- Wall Street Journal
Protests Unsettle Jordan While Most Other Neighbors Stay Calm -- New York Times
In pictures: Egypt protests, day five -- BBC

COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Analysis: Obama tough — not too tough — with Egypt -- Yahoo News/AP
Watching a new beginning in Egypt -- Peter Bouckaert, Washington Post
Egypt blogger: 'We want to change the entire regime' -- BBC
Will Egypt's Military Officers Free the Revolution? -- Michael Hanna, The Atlantic
How should the U.S. respond to the protests in the Middle East? -- Washington Post
Cairo's restless streets -- L.A. Times editorial
Washington and Mr. Mubarak -- New York Times editorial
A Long March to Seize the Heart of Cairo -- Charles Levinson, Wall Street Journal
Egyptians’ Fury Has Smoldered Beneath the Surface for Decades -- Michael Slackman, New York Times
Egypt's Revolution -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Egypt: A pivotal moment -- The Guardian editorial
Fear of Islamists Paralyzes the U.S. -- Tony Karon, Time Magazine
Israel Has Faith Mubarak Will Prevail -- Karl Vick, Time Magazine
Obama administration could still get it right on Egypt -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Peering into Egypt's Internet Black Hole -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
What is happening in Egypt is not our business -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Egypt Protests Show American Foreign-Policy Folly -- Stephen Kinzer, The Daily Beast
Egypt on Fire -- John McCormack, Weekly Standard
White House wobbles on Egyptian tightrope -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
ANALYSIS-Egyptian army could hold key to Mubarak's fate -- Reuters
Protests Rock Egypt -- Steven Cook, Council Of Foreign Relations
U.S. seeks balanced approach to Mideast turmoil -- Joby Warrick and Scott Wilson, Washington Post
Obama blowing it again in the Middle East -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
ElBaradei's last stand: ElBaradei's return to Egypt could offer the opportunity for a good alternative to the current leadership. -- Alaa Bayoumi, Al Jazeera
Rebellion in the Land of the Pharaohs -- Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Danger in Egypt: Dustbins I Have Known -- Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media

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