EGYPT

The tone of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has changed visibly on Sunday in her interview on the five morning TV news shows before leaving for Haiti. Stressing elections as a way out of the current impasse in Egypt, she said democracy is in the best interest of everyone, including the current government.

U.S. stocks may struggle to return to firmer footing this week if anti-government riots in Egypt destabilize the Middle East, keeping investors on edge.

Thousands of prisoners have reportedly escaped from Egyptian jails as the crisis deepens.

China blocked the word Egypt from micro-blog searches in a sign that the Chinese government is concerned that protests calling for political reform in the country could spill into China's internet space.

U.S. stocks may struggle to return to firmer footing next week if anti-government riots in Egypt destabilize the Middle East, keeping investors on edge.

The Egyptian governments plans to cut off all the services that provides communication via e-mail, text messages, Twitter, BlackBerry service, Facebook, cell phones and blocking ISP has succeeded to some extent.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may have fled to his home in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday as flames and riots engulfed the capital city of Cairo, according to various world media reports.

Thousands of demonstrators revolted on the streets of Egypt since Friday demanding an end to the decade-long dictatorship of the Mubarak regime.

The mass anti-government protests in Egypt took a toll on Cairo’s Egyptian Museum that houses the world's largest collection of Pharaoh-era antiquities, when protesters shattered heads of two mummies and damaged about ten small artifacts on Saturday.

The death toll in Egypt rose by as much as over 100 by Saturday, as anti-government protests extended for the fifth day in an attempt to pressure President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

Egyptian laborers who toil in the popular resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh believe that their president Hosni Mubarak is hiding there after having escaped angry rioters in the capital Cairo.

More than 100 people have been killed during anti-government protests that have swept Egypt, according to a Reuters tally of reports from medical sources, hospitals and witnesses.

President Barack Obama and an 11-person team met in the White House on Saturday to discuss the situation in Egypt as he called again for non-violence, restraint, support for rights and political reform in the country.

ple broke into Cairo's Egyptian Museum and ripped the heads off two mummies, reported the Associated Press, citing the country's head of antiquities.

Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas are collaborating and seeking to increase their role in Egypt.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his “deep concern” over the increasingly dangerous situation in Egypt.

Islamists and trade unions have protested in front of the Egyptian embassy in Amman, Jordan, expressing solidarity with anti-government demonstrators in Egypt and demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.

China has blocked the search for Egypt on Sina's microblogging service, reported Al Jazeera.

Egypt's banks will be shut on Sunday, the first day of the business week, the deputy central bank governor said, a move analysts said could spook investors looking to trade after unprecedented countrywide protests.

Thousands of angry Egyptians defied a curfew on Saturday for the second day in a row and stayed on the streets to push their demand that President Hosni Mubarak resign.