Al Arabiya Live, Saturday afternoon, he resigned from the Egyptian government. This Friday, President Hosni Mubarak. Amid massive protests in the streets there is the ongoing move him to resign. Against the wishes of many of his opponents, including Nobel Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei.
"Today, I will with my colleagues on the street to contribute to the demand for change and against President Mubarak, saying he should go," ElBaradei said Saturday. He said the former director of the International Agency for Atomic Energy on Thursday its readiness to move to the new government to lead when he leaves Mubarak.
The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition movement in Egypt, in a statement on Saturday for the transfer of power through violence. They reaffirmed their support for "peaceful blessed," and called for the establishment of a transitional government without ruling National Democratic Party.
Insurgency and support
The growing insurgency in Egypt - the largest country in the Middle East - is also causing concerns the United States, the White House to Wall Street. President Barack Obama called on the authorities in Egypt, "reluctant" to show and "refrain from any acts of violence that could affect the peaceful demonstrators." European Chairman also Herman Van Rompuy on Saturday so-called "violence to stop the bloodshed to stop." According to Al-Arabiya television malchines Meanwhile more than 100 deaths.
According to Al-Jazeera Arabic, and 95 people were killed in protests in the past 24 hours.
In Amman, Jordan, and raised 70 trade unionists, leading to the Islamists and the Egyptian embassy to show their support for "the Egyptian people in their revolt against the dictator Mubarak. The demonstrators chanted It is expected that Mubarak was in Saudi Arabia. This is a reference to the escape of Bin Ali, the Tunisian president, who took refuge there .
Came Saturday that the country support to the Egyptian President: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah condemned the "attacks on the security and stability" in Egypt. African Union Saturday for the first time came in response, he goes to follow that the situation with concern.
Reforms
Mubarak sends a government office for that clinging to power itself down. And turned the President, who has 30 years in the saddle, to Friday, the late General after several days of protests and riots. He spoke to the Egyptians, "not only as president but also of Egyptian citizens.
Mubarak said that the innocent victims on both sides regret. The president said he was aware of the aspirations of the Egyptians, but which can not be achieved through violence and chaos. He also wants security and stability in the country guarantees.
The path of reform has been successful and there is no turning back, "said Mubarak. And promised more democracy, more freedom for citizens, as well as new steps to reduce unemployment and raise living standards and helping the poor.
Presidential address to no avail. In many cities, protesters continued to demand the resignation of the President. While ignoring a curfew, which applies also hold the offices of the National Democratic Party in Cairo on fire. In Cairo and Suez were killed in several skirmishes.
Saturday morning, thousands of demonstrators gathered again in downtown Cairo to protest against the regime. Army has also taken on the main intersections and government buildings near the capital. In Rafah, near the border with the Gaza Strip, was on Saturday at the headquarters of State Security of the attack by demonstrators. While the murder of three policemen.
Opposition
The mobile business partially restored on Saturday morning, and the Internet so far. Was completely paralyzed and the Internet and mobile phone traffic in an earlier attempt to create Facebook and Twitter to strangle the revolution.
The Government also tried the new power to the outside world for the reclamation. Will be arrested on four French journalists who reported on the protests. Arab news channel Al Jazeera broadcast sends the still of the country
The Al Jazeera Network, a television broadcaster based in Qatar, and Egypt closed its offices in the countries of North Africa and the withdrawal of the accreditation of their correspondents.
It aims to close the office by our Egyptian government censor and silence the voices of the Egyptian people, "said the Doha-based network and in e-mailed statement today. The network also disrupted signal to the Egyptian satellite.
Egyptian authorities have restricted the Internet and mobile-phone access after the demonstrations that erupted in the country on 25 January with protesters demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Resumed Al Arabiya television in the United Arab Emirates broadcasting from Egypt after authorities said ordered the station to stop the live coverage.
And angered the Al Jazeera broadcast in some cases, the Arab governments. Kuwait has ordered the island in December to close the local office and revoked its license after the channel would cover a crackdown on an opposition rally. Bahrain shut down Al Jazeera's office in May after a naval clash between the island and neighboring Qatar.
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