Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Friday in Egypt during a new round of protests dubbed the "Day out", called to force the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who was deaf to domestic and international claims. In Cairo, a crowd gathered in the central Tahrir Square (of release), where opponents, dug from the January 25, resisted the attempt Wednesday to a violent eviction carried out by supporters of Mubarak, in a pitched battle that left eight dead.
"I'm not afraid to be here with my son. Never expose them to real danger," said Inji, 34, while standing in line with his son Abdullah, 11, to enter the plaza. "I want to teach democracy. It's now or never," he said. The military set up checkpoints around the square scrupulous and let people pass dropper.
UN assesses that since the beginning of the protests were about 300 dead and thousands injured. According to official figures from the Ministry of Health, five thousand people were injured last Friday. Other cities were the scene of massive protests during the "Day Out", held in conjunction with the traditional day of prayer for Muslims.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Alexandria, the second largest city, shouting "Down with Mubarak!" Down with the regime! ". In Cairo, Arab League chief, Amr Moussa, who was chancellor of Mubarak and did not hide his intention to stand for election to succeed him, came to the square "as a gesture of appeasement," his office said.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei did not rule filed with the succession of Mubarak. The Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantaui, went personally to the plaza to discuss the situation and talk to the crowd, surrounded by soldiers. Mubarak told that they would not stand again "in the next election in September, the minister reminded the demonstrators, before urging them to accept the government proposal for dialogue.
The president, who announced Tuesday he will not be presented to the September elections, is also under heavy external pressure, as its Western allies demand will accelerate the transition to promised on Tuesday, ensuring that it would refrain from seeking another term. But the president does not budge and said that his departure would give way to "chaos." According to The New York Times, United States Egyptian officials are discussing a plan to Mubarak immediately deliver power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman, former head of intelligence of the country.
The plan seeks to support the Egyptian army, the note said the newspaper, citing U.S. and Arab officials, but the prime minister, Ahmad Shafiq, denied that the president leaves office to Suleiman. In Brussels, the leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) requested that the democratic transition in Egypt to start "now." In Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, called on Egyptian authorities to conduct investigations "transparent and fair" about the recent violence.
Pillay found that in Egypt "a change is underway, as in Tunisia, where a popular revolt toppled last month by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled the country for 23 years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, offered a different reading of what happens in the Middle East, to ensure that the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia are a "sign of Islamic awakening" in the world.
Egypt is the most populous Arab country with 80 million inhabitants and one of only two who signed a peace treaty with Israel (the other being Jordan). Also controls the Suez Canal, where he spends most of supplying oil to the industrialized countries. 
"I'm not afraid to be here with my son. Never expose them to real danger," said Inji, 34, while standing in line with his son Abdullah, 11, to enter the plaza. "I want to teach democracy. It's now or never," he said. The military set up checkpoints around the square scrupulous and let people pass dropper.
UN assesses that since the beginning of the protests were about 300 dead and thousands injured. According to official figures from the Ministry of Health, five thousand people were injured last Friday. Other cities were the scene of massive protests during the "Day Out", held in conjunction with the traditional day of prayer for Muslims.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Alexandria, the second largest city, shouting "Down with Mubarak!" Down with the regime! ". In Cairo, Arab League chief, Amr Moussa, who was chancellor of Mubarak and did not hide his intention to stand for election to succeed him, came to the square "as a gesture of appeasement," his office said.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei did not rule filed with the succession of Mubarak. The Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantaui, went personally to the plaza to discuss the situation and talk to the crowd, surrounded by soldiers. Mubarak told that they would not stand again "in the next election in September, the minister reminded the demonstrators, before urging them to accept the government proposal for dialogue.
The president, who announced Tuesday he will not be presented to the September elections, is also under heavy external pressure, as its Western allies demand will accelerate the transition to promised on Tuesday, ensuring that it would refrain from seeking another term. But the president does not budge and said that his departure would give way to "chaos." According to The New York Times, United States Egyptian officials are discussing a plan to Mubarak immediately deliver power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman, former head of intelligence of the country.
The plan seeks to support the Egyptian army, the note said the newspaper, citing U.S. and Arab officials, but the prime minister, Ahmad Shafiq, denied that the president leaves office to Suleiman. In Brussels, the leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) requested that the democratic transition in Egypt to start "now." In Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, called on Egyptian authorities to conduct investigations "transparent and fair" about the recent violence.
Pillay found that in Egypt "a change is underway, as in Tunisia, where a popular revolt toppled last month by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled the country for 23 years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, offered a different reading of what happens in the Middle East, to ensure that the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia are a "sign of Islamic awakening" in the world.
Egypt is the most populous Arab country with 80 million inhabitants and one of only two who signed a peace treaty with Israel (the other being Jordan). Also controls the Suez Canal, where he spends most of supplying oil to the industrialized countries.
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