The U.S. president said Monday that negotiations to resolve the crisis in Egypt are making progress, but in Cairo, the main Islamist opposition group warned that it might abandon the process if you do not meet the demands of the demonstrators. Obama's comments seemed to contradict statements by Egyptian opposition leaders, who spoke of little progress in negotiations over demands as the immediate departure of President Hosni Mubarak.
"Obviously, Egypt has to negotiate a path and are making progress, "Obama told reporters in Washington. The protesters, who camped in Tahrir Square in Cairo, have vowed to stay until the president resign and hope to bring back his campaign to the streets with mass demonstrations on Tuesday and Friday.
Many young men played down the political dialogue is taking place. The United States has urged all sides to allow time for an "orderly transition" to reach a new political order in Egypt, a strategic ally of Washington for decades. But protesters fear that when you go Mubarak, not replace democracy they want just another authoritarian ruler.
The opposition has called for rewriting the constitution to allow free and fair presidential elections, a limit on presidential mandate, the dissolution of parliament, the release of political detainees and to lift the emergency law. "We are evaluating the situation. We to consider the whole question of dialogue, "said Esam el-Eriam Reuters, the Muslim Brotherhood.
"Reviewed in the light of the results. Some of our demands have been accepted, but there has been no response to our key demands that Mubarak to leave," he added. The possible rise of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, widely considered the best organized opposition group, is concerned the Western allies of Egypt and neighboring Israel, which has a peace treaty with the Arab country.
On Monday, the White House expressed its concern over "anti-American rhetoric" of the group, but declined to say who would object to assume a role in a future government. "We have significant differences (with the Muslim Brotherhood)," he told reporters The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Mubarak, 82 years and refused requests to end his 30 years in power before the September elections, saying that it may take the chaos the country has been trying to focus on restoring order. His government seems to be gaining time. To try to get that traffic starts to move around Tahrir Square, the Army tried the first thing Monday morning to clear the area occupied by protesters.
They left their tents and surrounded the soldiers who were trying to corral them in a small area. The role you take in the coming weeks, the powerful Egyptian army is considered crucial for the country's future. "The army is restless and demonstrators. The Army wants to reduce by a small circle in the middle of the square to start traffic moving again, "he said by telephone Mohamed Shalaby, an activist for 27 years.
The protests, which some activists call "the revolution of the Nile, would have cost about 300 lives so far, according UnidasLa Nations presence of Muslim Brotherhood in the negotiations over the weekend after security forces Mubarak suppress the group for years, was a significant step that would have seemed unthinkable before the protests.
The new cabinet Mubarak vowed Monday to continue subsidies and attract foreign investment in their first meeting since the protests began against poverty, high prices and demanding an end to the government. With a government committed to reform, an opposition with limited political experience, a constitutional process that prevents abrupt changes and an important strategic role, the next steps in Egypt must be carefully analyzed, officials say.
The opposition made progress in the last two weeks. Mubarak said he would not seek the presidency again. In addition, her son was discarded as a possible successor has been appointed a vice president for the first time in 30 years, the ruling party has resigned and was replaced the old Cabinet.
But perhaps the most important change is that now hundreds of thousands of protesters out onto the streets without any problems. Before January 25, they had met with a harsh police response. The state news agency MENA said that Mubarak on Monday formed two committees to establish changes to the Constitution, one of the protesters' demands.
The Egyptian pound fell to a minimum of six years on the second day of operations after a shutdown of a week. Traders said that state banks seemed to be selling dollars to prop up the pound. 
"Obviously, Egypt has to negotiate a path and are making progress, "Obama told reporters in Washington. The protesters, who camped in Tahrir Square in Cairo, have vowed to stay until the president resign and hope to bring back his campaign to the streets with mass demonstrations on Tuesday and Friday.
Many young men played down the political dialogue is taking place. The United States has urged all sides to allow time for an "orderly transition" to reach a new political order in Egypt, a strategic ally of Washington for decades. But protesters fear that when you go Mubarak, not replace democracy they want just another authoritarian ruler.
The opposition has called for rewriting the constitution to allow free and fair presidential elections, a limit on presidential mandate, the dissolution of parliament, the release of political detainees and to lift the emergency law. "We are evaluating the situation. We to consider the whole question of dialogue, "said Esam el-Eriam Reuters, the Muslim Brotherhood.
"Reviewed in the light of the results. Some of our demands have been accepted, but there has been no response to our key demands that Mubarak to leave," he added. The possible rise of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, widely considered the best organized opposition group, is concerned the Western allies of Egypt and neighboring Israel, which has a peace treaty with the Arab country.
On Monday, the White House expressed its concern over "anti-American rhetoric" of the group, but declined to say who would object to assume a role in a future government. "We have significant differences (with the Muslim Brotherhood)," he told reporters The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Mubarak, 82 years and refused requests to end his 30 years in power before the September elections, saying that it may take the chaos the country has been trying to focus on restoring order. His government seems to be gaining time. To try to get that traffic starts to move around Tahrir Square, the Army tried the first thing Monday morning to clear the area occupied by protesters.
They left their tents and surrounded the soldiers who were trying to corral them in a small area. The role you take in the coming weeks, the powerful Egyptian army is considered crucial for the country's future. "The army is restless and demonstrators. The Army wants to reduce by a small circle in the middle of the square to start traffic moving again, "he said by telephone Mohamed Shalaby, an activist for 27 years.
The protests, which some activists call "the revolution of the Nile, would have cost about 300 lives so far, according UnidasLa Nations presence of Muslim Brotherhood in the negotiations over the weekend after security forces Mubarak suppress the group for years, was a significant step that would have seemed unthinkable before the protests.
The new cabinet Mubarak vowed Monday to continue subsidies and attract foreign investment in their first meeting since the protests began against poverty, high prices and demanding an end to the government. With a government committed to reform, an opposition with limited political experience, a constitutional process that prevents abrupt changes and an important strategic role, the next steps in Egypt must be carefully analyzed, officials say.
The opposition made progress in the last two weeks. Mubarak said he would not seek the presidency again. In addition, her son was discarded as a possible successor has been appointed a vice president for the first time in 30 years, the ruling party has resigned and was replaced the old Cabinet.
But perhaps the most important change is that now hundreds of thousands of protesters out onto the streets without any problems. Before January 25, they had met with a harsh police response. The state news agency MENA said that Mubarak on Monday formed two committees to establish changes to the Constitution, one of the protesters' demands.
The Egyptian pound fell to a minimum of six years on the second day of operations after a shutdown of a week. Traders said that state banks seemed to be selling dollars to prop up the pound.
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