The Egyptian military's Supreme Command Council was meeting on Friday and was to make an 'important statement to the people', the state news agency MENA reported.

Cairo: Egyptian demonstrators reacted with fury on Friday after the military threw its weight behind President Mubarak's attempt to cling on to power despite massive nationwide protests.

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Cairo: The Egyptian army threw its weight behind President Hosni Mubarak on Friday while trying to reassure anti-regime protesters that it will ensure he follows through with democratic reforms.

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The US is not trying to dictate anything on how Egypt should move out of the crisis engulfing it, state department spokesman Philip Crowley has said.

Washington: Freed Google worker Wael Ghonim, who has emerged as a prominent voice of Egyptian protests seeking to oust President Hosni Mubarak, told CNN on Wednesday he was ‘ready to die’ for the caus

Cairo: President Hosni Mubarak will meet the demands of protesters, military and ruling party officials said on Thursday in the strongest indication yet that Egypt's longtime president may be about to

Al Qaeda-front group The Islamic State of Iraq has called on Egyptian protesters to wage jihad and push for the establishment of a government based on Islamic law, the US-based Site monitoring service said on Tuesday.

Cairo: Galvanised by the biggest day of protest since their campaign to oust Hosni Mubarak's regime began, Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners attempted to blockade parliament on Wednesday.

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Moscow: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has ordered to set up an independent commission to investigate clashes between his supporters and protesters in Cairo last week that killed at least 11 people.

Washington: Egypt is making progress in resolving its political crisis as talks between the government and opposition groups were underway, US President Barack Obama said on Monday.

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