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Summary The protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continue all around Egypt. A huge number of protesters are present at the Tharir Square. The local administration has decided to ease curfew timings in three cities including Cairo.
The protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continue all around Egypt. A huge number of protesters are present at the Tharir Square. The local administration has decided to ease curfew timings in three cities including Cairo.The Egyptian oppositions day of departure for Hosni Mubarak ended at midnight Friday with the embattled president refusing to transfer power amid a rising tide of international calls for him to stand down. Mubarak defied huge protests in central Cairo and in Alexandria aimed at forcing his ouster as US President Barack Obama said talks have begun on a transition in Egypt and EU leaders said it was time for change. Obama did not explicitly call on Mubarak to resign, but noted he had already made the psychological leap of saying he would step down after elections in September and should now reconsider his position. EU leaders were more forthright in their call for Mubarak to step aside. Clashes left at least eight people dead and more than 800 hurt on Wednesday and Thursday. According to UN estimates, more than 300 people have been killed since the protests began. Mubaraks onetime foreign minister and a future possible presidential candidate, Arab League chief Amr Mussa, said on Friday he doubted his former boss would leave any time soon.
