Monday February 14
From Tehran there are reports of police using tear gas on protesters with further reporting of 10,000 riot police deployed against them
The police during a protest asking for better and benefits said they are one with the people. This after 30 years of brutality, torture and killing those who opposed Mubarak's government
Egypt's Senior Military Council unable to deal with the unrest from all segments of society really wants people to stop demonstrating
In Yemen anti government protests are taking place for a fourth day while in Bahrain anti government protests have also taken place.
Demonstrations are taking place in Tehran in support of the Egyptian revolution but authorities are trying to stop the protesters.
Al Jazeera's James Bay's reports that the Egyptian military has closed all live feeds from Tahrir square with journalists being detained with equipment and tapes confiscated. The Senior Military Council is desperately trying to show the world that Egypt has returned to normal.
Sunday February 13
How the War of Words Was Won in Cairo
How do you tell a dictator to get lost?
The answer, in Egypt, was with poetry, tech lingo, hieroglyphics and more.
For weeks, in Tahrir Square and elsewhere, demonstrators were telling President Hosni Mubarak to leave, playfully using a variety of dialects and languages to get the idea across.
And on Friday, Mr. Mubarak finally got the message and resigned.
In countries under authoritarian rule, “speaking truth to power” typically takes the form of highly colorful and creative modes of expression.
22:53 Elections will take place in September and the Parliament has been dissolved along with the Constitution being suspended
Some protesters remain in Tahrir square as they want their demands met which involves a full break from the previous government. The Senior Military Council wants the public to trust them yet how can the public trust a government which includes all the ministers from Mubarak's government and are loyal to him.
The army tried to remove the protesters from the square but some small clashes broke out.
Saturday February 12
Saad Djeebbar an Algerian lawyer says that the real power in Algeria lies with the military and the intelligence services and like Egypt the government is rife with corruption.
At present there is a military helicopter hovering over the demonstration.
22:10 In Algeria anti government protesters have taken to the streets in Algiers with an estimated 30,000 riot police deployed against about 2,000 protesters. The first people to reach the main square in Algiers were arrested. A Human Rights activist reports that 1,000 people have been detained.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has promised to rescind the countries State of Emergency which is similar to Egypt's. President Bouteflika has ruled since 199.
HOSNI TAKES A HIKE
One reported killed and 20 injured in attack on the police station
Reuters is reporting that a police station in Northern Sinai has been attacked by more than a thousand people.
Two statements are forth coming one from the office of the President and the other the military
Unconfirmed reports say that Mubarak and his family have left Cairo
A mother came to the Presidential Palace clearly in morning by wearing black and carrying a picture of her son who had been killed during the protests and the crowed chanted why Mubarak did you kill him
The size of the crowd in front of the State TV. Building are increasing at a rate that the army is unable to control.
Al Jazeera is reporting that protesters have surrounded government buildings in the city of Suez
The crowds in Cairo, Alexandria and Mansoura are so large that it's hard to estimate just how many people are demonstrating.
Seen on a banner Breaking News: Party In The Presidential Palace Soon
18:55
Military Statement Number2
Ending the Emergency once the current circumstances have ended
Law Having the courts look into the previous elections
The army is working towards fair and free elections
Those working to end corruption will not be prosecuted
The army said that it will continue with its current position
Egyptian Television is reporting that it's building is now surrounded by protesters and the building is under lockdown
Protesters have now moved to the State Television building with those there promising to stay as long as it takes for Mubarak to leave.
Al Jazeera is reporting that protesters are moving towards the Presidential Palace
Last night, a military officer guarding the tens of thousands celebrating in Cairo threw down his rifle and joined the demonstrators, yet another sign of the ordinary Egyptian soldier's growing sympathy for the democracy demonstrators. We had witnessed many similar sentiments from the army over the past two weeks. But the critical moment came on the evening of 30 January when, it is now clear, Mubarak ordered the Egyptian Third Army to crush the demonstrators in Tahrir Square with their tanks after flying F-16 fighter bombers at low level over the protesters.
Many of the senior tank commanders could be seen tearing off their headsets – over which they had received the fatal orders – to use their mobile phones. They were, it now transpires, calling their own military families for advice. Fathers who had spent their lives serving the Egyptian army told their sons to disobey, that they must never kill their own people.
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