The fire in Egypt will have a new government. It 'was the president, Hosni Mubarak, to proclaim the end of a day marked by heavy scntri, who approached the North African country in a revolutionary phase. "Dear citizens, I speak not as president but by an Egyptian," Mubarak made his debut in a message to the nation returned by the hour, "what has happened in recent days," Rais added defending the actions of security forces , "has crept into the hearts of all the fear and chaos of the future.
I will not allow that to happen, I take responsibility for the security of the nation and our citizens ... there could be no democracy if there is chaos. " On the fourth day of protests on Friday of the anger, the battles broke out throughout the country: 20 people were killed (five in Cairo, Dudu in Mansura in the Nile Delta, Suez and 13), at least 410 people were injured , with many rounds of gunfire in the capital alone.
The regime has imposed a curfew across the country and the Rais asked the army to assist the police. Events have confirmed that the popular anger and 'really exploded, even more' than it had done in previous days. Meanwhile, the halls of international concern. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the authorities in Egypt to "respect freedom of expression and association" and appealed to all parties to avoid violence.
The United States urged, through the words of White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, the Egyptian government to "immediately address the very legitimate grievances" of the Egyptians. "Violence is not the answer" to these complaints, the spokesman added, echoing the words spoken just before the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, reiterating "the deep concern in Washington about what is happening.
According to Catherine Ashton EU chief diplomat, "the continuing use of force against demonstrators by the police and security forces is very worrying. To avoid a further deterioration of the situation in Cairo and in Egypt, and other victims, I reiterate my appeal to all parties to exercise restraint and calm, and I urge the authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all the peaceful demonstrators who were detained ".
On the situation in Egypt has also intervened the foreign ministry, which called for "respect for civil liberties of expression and communication including the right to conduct peaceful demonstrations." To neutralize the ability of protesters to organize and reorganize according to the deployment of the police force, was off this morning the internet service all over Egypt.
The cellular network is no longer active. In the early morning had been disabled by SMS and now there is no network coverage. Vodafone has also been asked to suspend coverage. Although the government of President Hosni Mubarak has always denied having blocked social networks like Facebook or Twitter and other sites, claiming instead to have full respect for freedom of expression, the darkening of the network seems clearly aimed at avoiding the word of mouth online.
In the morning, however, precisely on Facebook was available at least at times appeared a page where a list of more than thirty places of worship, including mosques and churches, selected as a rallying point for protesters. "Muslims and Christians in Egypt will come out in the streets to fight against corruption, unemployment, oppression and lack of freedom '!", Warned a proclamation published on the site, that within hours they had already recorded more than accessions seventy thousand anti-government initiatives.
The iron fist adopted by the regime, which has warned for the day today will be used also to "resolute measures" in order to maintain public order, in short, seems to be almost miraculously succeeded in re-uniting the two main religious communities in the country, Coptic minority and Muslim majority, allowing them to overcome divisions, the atavistic, recently sharpened by continued incidents of anti-Christian persecution, culminating in the massacre before the New Year of the Two Holy Church in Alexandria, Egypt. 
I will not allow that to happen, I take responsibility for the security of the nation and our citizens ... there could be no democracy if there is chaos. " On the fourth day of protests on Friday of the anger, the battles broke out throughout the country: 20 people were killed (five in Cairo, Dudu in Mansura in the Nile Delta, Suez and 13), at least 410 people were injured , with many rounds of gunfire in the capital alone.
The regime has imposed a curfew across the country and the Rais asked the army to assist the police. Events have confirmed that the popular anger and 'really exploded, even more' than it had done in previous days. Meanwhile, the halls of international concern. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the authorities in Egypt to "respect freedom of expression and association" and appealed to all parties to avoid violence.
The United States urged, through the words of White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, the Egyptian government to "immediately address the very legitimate grievances" of the Egyptians. "Violence is not the answer" to these complaints, the spokesman added, echoing the words spoken just before the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, reiterating "the deep concern in Washington about what is happening.
According to Catherine Ashton EU chief diplomat, "the continuing use of force against demonstrators by the police and security forces is very worrying. To avoid a further deterioration of the situation in Cairo and in Egypt, and other victims, I reiterate my appeal to all parties to exercise restraint and calm, and I urge the authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all the peaceful demonstrators who were detained ".
On the situation in Egypt has also intervened the foreign ministry, which called for "respect for civil liberties of expression and communication including the right to conduct peaceful demonstrations." To neutralize the ability of protesters to organize and reorganize according to the deployment of the police force, was off this morning the internet service all over Egypt.
The cellular network is no longer active. In the early morning had been disabled by SMS and now there is no network coverage. Vodafone has also been asked to suspend coverage. Although the government of President Hosni Mubarak has always denied having blocked social networks like Facebook or Twitter and other sites, claiming instead to have full respect for freedom of expression, the darkening of the network seems clearly aimed at avoiding the word of mouth online.
In the morning, however, precisely on Facebook was available at least at times appeared a page where a list of more than thirty places of worship, including mosques and churches, selected as a rallying point for protesters. "Muslims and Christians in Egypt will come out in the streets to fight against corruption, unemployment, oppression and lack of freedom '!", Warned a proclamation published on the site, that within hours they had already recorded more than accessions seventy thousand anti-government initiatives.
The iron fist adopted by the regime, which has warned for the day today will be used also to "resolute measures" in order to maintain public order, in short, seems to be almost miraculously succeeded in re-uniting the two main religious communities in the country, Coptic minority and Muslim majority, allowing them to overcome divisions, the atavistic, recently sharpened by continued incidents of anti-Christian persecution, culminating in the massacre before the New Year of the Two Holy Church in Alexandria, Egypt.
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