2011年11月20日星期日
We are extremely frustrated and angry
The United States should not fear engaging Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as it is crucial to Rosetta Stone Software support people's choices in the Islamic world, Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says. AFP correspondent Dave Clark, who is coordinating coverage in the Cairo bureau today, did a similar job in Abidjan a few weeks ago, while everyone waited to see whether Ivory Coast?s Laurent Gbagbo would take the hint and step down as president, after elections which the world said were won by his opponent. Gbagbo?s still there, he points out. What will Mubarak do? Hossam Badrawi, secretary general of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, is about to resign after just six days in the job, a source close to him tells AFP. An Egyptian protester has died and people have been injured in clashes between police and demonstrators in the north Sinai town of Al-Arish, a security official tells AFP. The unidentified protester was killed in an exchange of gunfire between police and demonstrators who were trying to free detainees from a police station, the official says. Leader of Mubarak's ruling party to step down: source State TV, besieged by cheerful protesters, has adopted a novel form of reality protest show.. The government has lost all credibility. We call them Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" "We are extremely frustrated and angry." Protesters in Tahrir Square wave banners and shout slogans calling for Mubarak to stand down. The Middle East and the whole world waits to see what will happen in Tahrir Square. Will the crowds disperse as the army has urged? Will people Rosetta Stone Language march to key locations in Cairo such as the state television building or the president's palace? Crowds have already assembled in both places. A dramatic moment. History could be in the making as Friday prayers come to a close in Tahrir Square. The square is completely thronged with people as the time for the mass rallies approaches. Three Egyptian officers shed their weapons and uniforms and join hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the immediate overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, witnesses say. "They joined the crowd, smiling, and chanted slogans calling for the fall of the regime," student Omar Gamal tells AFP from Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of the protests. "Thousands of enraged demonstrators are protesting in front of the television building," reports AFP photographer Marco Longari. In Tahrir Square the sheikh leading the prayers faints towards the end of his sermon, but not before he called on the army to "act in a way that will be acceptable to God on judgement day." Egyptian demonstrators react with fury as the military throws its weight behind President Mubarak's attempt to cling on to power despite massive nationwide protests. Protesters outside Mubarak's palace erupt angrily and one grabs an army officer's microphone to denounce the move. "You have disappointed us, all our hopes rested in you," he shouts, as the crowd begin to chant slogans calling for Mubarak to be put on trial. The BBC's Persian television service is being jammed from within Iran following coverage of the mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule in Egypt, the broadcaster says. BBC Persian TV has been working with the BBC's Arabic TV service to broadcast rolling news from Egypt, and the broadcaster believes it is this coverage which has prompted the jamming which began yesterday Friday prayers are under way in Tahrir Square. The army's statement says it is committed to "safeguarding the legitimate demands of the people and will work to implement them ... for a peaceful transition Rosetta Stone Korean of power and a free democratic society." The communique says the army will not arrest those calling for reform, but warns against any "harm to the safety and security of the nation."
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