Live updates - Egypt unrest
Live updates: Unrest in Egypt
(All times are in IST)
6:01am: Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. (Source: AP)
5:17am: 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 . (Source: Reuters)
4:32am: Egyptian police shot dead 17 people trying to attack two police stations on Saturday in Beni Suef governorate, south of Cairo, witnesses and medical sources said. (Source: Reuters)
3: 45am: Top European leaders tell Mubarak to end crackdown in Egypt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in a joint statement that they are "deeply concerned about the events that we are witnessing in Egypt." (Source: AP)
2:53am: Hundreds of opponents of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak called at a rally in Washington Saturday for his overthrow and urged Washington to "stand on the right side of history" and cut off aid to his regime. (Source: AFP)
2:07am: Mobile phone services started to resume across the Egyptian capital on Saturday, after being shut down a day earlier during unprecedented demonstrations calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (Source: Reuters)
1:15am: At least 73 people have been killed across Egypt and thousands injured in anti-government riots since Friday, according to medics. (Source: AFP)
00:23: Gaza Strip residents flocked to petrol stations on Saturday after clashes in neighbouring Egypt hampered smugglers ferrying fuel supplies through tunnels that run under the border into the enclave, witnesses said. (Source: Reuters)
23: 20: Top US officials including Vice President Joe Biden and Sec! retary o f State Hillary Clinton participated in a two-hour meeting on Saturday morning about the situation in Egypt, a White House spokesman said. (Source Reuters)
23:06: Germany threatened to reduce aid to Egypt if authorities do not ease off a crackdown against demonstrators who want to oust President Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday. (Source: Reuters)
22: 27: Egypt defence ministry spokesman says armed forces will act to ensure security. (Source Reuters)
22:20: Egypt has no plans for early elections, the speaker of parliament said on Saturday, al Arabiya television reported. -- The presidential election is due in September. (Source Reuters)
22: 12: Clashes broke out between police and prisoners attempting to escape from a Cairo prison on Saturday, a security source said. None of the prisoners managed to escape, but eight were killed and 123 were wounded in the clashes at Abu Zaabal prison, northeast of Cairo, the security source said.
21: 42 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday appointed aviation minister Ahmed Shafiq the new prime minister, hours after he sacked the government amid massive anti-regime protests. (Source AFP)
21:39: Plane carrying families of Israeli diplomats evacuated from Egypt lands in Tel Aviv. (Source Reuters)
20:49: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has not picked a vice president since his took office in 1981, appointed his intelligence chief and confidante Omar Suleiman to the post, the official news agency said on Saturday. (Source Reuters)
20: 40 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was holding crisis talks with senior officials at the presidency, state television reported on Saturday, as mass riots demanding his ouster entered their fifth day. (Source AFP)
20: 39: At least three people were killed during anti-regime protests in downtown Cairo on Saturday, medics at a mobile hospital told AFP as they tended to dozens of the wounded.
20: 32 - Iraq! is on Sa turday welcomed the revolt in Egypt that threatens to topple President Hosni Mubarak, with some claiming the tremors shaking Arab rulers had begun with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Source AFP)
20: 20 The Egyptian army used tanks and fired shots in the air to force back hundreds of protesters who were attacking the entrance to a building related to the Central Bank in a suburb of Cairo on Saturday, a witness said. (Source Reuters)
20: 19: A British Midland International flight to Cairo has returned to London after turning back in mid-flight, the company said on Saturday. "Due to the rapidly changing situation in Egypt, British Midland International Flight BD771 which was en route to Cairo is returning to London Heathrow," a spokesperson said. (Source Reuters)
20:12: The Russian foreign ministry called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to secure "civil peace" and re-establish stability in the crisis-torn nation. (Source: AFP)
20:07: Police killed at least three protesters on Saturday when they tried to storm the Interior Ministry, Al Jazeera television reported. There was no immediate confirmation or further details. (Source Reuters)
20:01: Influential Arab cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday to relinquish power, saying there was no solution to the current crisis in Egypt without his departure. (Source AFP)
19:54: Egyptian senior ruling party member Ahmed Ezz, widely seen as a lynchpin of a corrupt regime, resigned from the National Democratic Party on Saturday, state television reported. (Source AFP)
19:48: Thousands of Egyptian protesters continued to roam the streets after the 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) curfew started, defying an army warning that anyone violating the order would be in danger
19:35: Egypt's armed forces urged citizens on Saturday to defend themselves from looters and protect the country, as nationwide protests gave way to pillaging and police were hardly visible on the s! treets. (Source AFP)
19:11: Police opened fire on 1,000 Egyptian protesters trying to storm the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
19:09: The Saudi stock market, the largest Arab bourse, plunged 6.43 percent to 6,267.22 points on Saturday as tensions soared in Egypt, where deadly anti-government protests continued for a fifth day. (Source AFP)
18:47: The Egyptian army said in a statement on Saturday that anyone violating a curfew imposed after days of anti-government protests would be in danger. (Source: Reuters)
18:40 Cairo's stock exchange is to remain closed at least until Sunday, state television announced on Saturday, after it dropped significantly since anti-regime protests in Egypt began five days ago. (Source AFP)
(All times are in IST)
6:01am: Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. (Source: AP)
5:17am: 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 . (Source: Reuters)
4:32am: Egyptian police shot dead 17 people trying to attack two police stations on Saturday in Beni Suef governorate, south of Cairo, witnesses and medical sources said. (Source: Reuters)
3: 45am: Top European leaders tell Mubarak to end crackdown in Egypt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in a joint statement that they are "deeply concerned about the events that we are witnessing in Egypt." (Source: AP)
2:53am: Hundreds of opponents of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak called at a rally in Washington Saturday for his overthrow and urged Washington to "stand on the right side of history" and cut off aid to his regime. (Source: AFP)
2:07am: Mobile phone services started to resume across the Egyptian capital on Saturday, after being shut down a day earlier during unprecedented demonstrations calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (Source: Reuters)
1:15am: At least 73 people have been killed across Egypt and thousands injured in anti-government riots since Friday, according to medics. (Source: AFP)
00:23: Gaza Strip residents flocked to petrol stations on Saturday after clashes in neighbouring Egypt hampered smugglers ferrying fuel supplies through tunnels that run under the border into the enclave, witnesses said. (Source: Reuters)
23: 20: Top US officials including Vice President Joe Biden and Sec! retary o f State Hillary Clinton participated in a two-hour meeting on Saturday morning about the situation in Egypt, a White House spokesman said. (Source Reuters)
23:06: Germany threatened to reduce aid to Egypt if authorities do not ease off a crackdown against demonstrators who want to oust President Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday. (Source: Reuters)
22: 27: Egypt defence ministry spokesman says armed forces will act to ensure security. (Source Reuters)
22:20: Egypt has no plans for early elections, the speaker of parliament said on Saturday, al Arabiya television reported. -- The presidential election is due in September. (Source Reuters)
22: 12: Clashes broke out between police and prisoners attempting to escape from a Cairo prison on Saturday, a security source said. None of the prisoners managed to escape, but eight were killed and 123 were wounded in the clashes at Abu Zaabal prison, northeast of Cairo, the security source said.
21: 42 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday appointed aviation minister Ahmed Shafiq the new prime minister, hours after he sacked the government amid massive anti-regime protests. (Source AFP)
21:39: Plane carrying families of Israeli diplomats evacuated from Egypt lands in Tel Aviv. (Source Reuters)
20:49: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has not picked a vice president since his took office in 1981, appointed his intelligence chief and confidante Omar Suleiman to the post, the official news agency said on Saturday. (Source Reuters)
20: 40 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was holding crisis talks with senior officials at the presidency, state television reported on Saturday, as mass riots demanding his ouster entered their fifth day. (Source AFP)
20: 39: At least three people were killed during anti-regime protests in downtown Cairo on Saturday, medics at a mobile hospital told AFP as they tended to dozens of the wounded.
20: 32 - Iraq! is on Sa turday welcomed the revolt in Egypt that threatens to topple President Hosni Mubarak, with some claiming the tremors shaking Arab rulers had begun with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Source AFP)
20: 20 The Egyptian army used tanks and fired shots in the air to force back hundreds of protesters who were attacking the entrance to a building related to the Central Bank in a suburb of Cairo on Saturday, a witness said. (Source Reuters)
20: 19: A British Midland International flight to Cairo has returned to London after turning back in mid-flight, the company said on Saturday. "Due to the rapidly changing situation in Egypt, British Midland International Flight BD771 which was en route to Cairo is returning to London Heathrow," a spokesperson said. (Source Reuters)
20:12: The Russian foreign ministry called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to secure "civil peace" and re-establish stability in the crisis-torn nation. (Source: AFP)
20:07: Police killed at least three protesters on Saturday when they tried to storm the Interior Ministry, Al Jazeera television reported. There was no immediate confirmation or further details. (Source Reuters)
20:01: Influential Arab cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday to relinquish power, saying there was no solution to the current crisis in Egypt without his departure. (Source AFP)
19:54: Egyptian senior ruling party member Ahmed Ezz, widely seen as a lynchpin of a corrupt regime, resigned from the National Democratic Party on Saturday, state television reported. (Source AFP)
19:48: Thousands of Egyptian protesters continued to roam the streets after the 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) curfew started, defying an army warning that anyone violating the order would be in danger
19:35: Egypt's armed forces urged citizens on Saturday to defend themselves from looters and protect the country, as nationwide protests gave way to pillaging and police were hardly visible on the s! treets. (Source AFP)
19:11: Police opened fire on 1,000 Egyptian protesters trying to storm the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
19:09: The Saudi stock market, the largest Arab bourse, plunged 6.43 percent to 6,267.22 points on Saturday as tensions soared in Egypt, where deadly anti-government protests continued for a fifth day. (Source AFP)
18:47: The Egyptian army said in a statement on Saturday that anyone violating a curfew imposed after days of anti-government protests would be in danger. (Source: Reuters)
18:40 Cairo's stock exchange is to remain closed at least until Sunday, state television announced on Saturday, after it dropped significantly since anti-regime protests in Egypt began five days ago. (Source AFP)
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