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Egypt's best chance of change?
Jonathan Rugman blogs on Egypt’s historic day of change, as people prepare to vote following the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
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US calls for civilian rule in Egypt as protesters mass
The United States urges the Egyptian military to give way to a civilian government after another day of mass protest saw thousands descend on Tahrir Square. Jonathan Rugman reports from Cairo.
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Military appoint Egypt’s ex-PM to form cabinet
Former Egyptian prime minister, Kamal Ganzouri, accepts the ruling general’s request to form a new government.
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Egypt's radicalised youth fight on
A new corps of protestors are armed with stones and Molotov cocktails, and they feel the next stage of Egypt’s revolution is now theirs.
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Egyptian demonstrators reject army promises
Further clashes between protesters and military police break out in Cairo, as the UN condemns authorities “clearly excessive” use of forcce against protesters.
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Egyptian army agrees to form civilian government
Egypt’s ruling military council has agreed to form a civilian transitional government and pledged to hold presidential elections before July next year.
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Egypt protesters gather for ‘day of rage’
As Egypt’s interim cabinet offers its resignation, activists in Cairo are calling for a million people to march through the streets to force the country’s military leaders to hand over power.
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Egypt’s cabinet offers its resignation
The Army Council is said to be considering the Egyptian cabinet’s offer of resignation, as reports suggest Egyptian troops have used live ammunition against protesters.
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Violence erupts in Egypt ahead of election
At least four people are said to have died and hundreds are wounded as protesters demanding an end to army rule in Egypt clash with police for a second day.
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Protesters storm Kuwait parliament
Dozens of anti-government protesters force their way into the Kuwait’s parliament as hundreds more stage a demonstration outside.
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Gaddafi – from pariah to ally and back again
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi seized power in Libya in 1969 and ruled until 2011, bringing to its people relative prosperity but subjecting them to a hardline, oppressive dictatorship.
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After Gaddafi, where next for the Arab Spring?
As the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is confirmed, Channel 4 News looks at where this leaves Libya as well as the progress in the rest of the “Arab Spring” nations.
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South Africa’s new rage
The words were simply stunning. Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s tirade against the ANC government rocks so much that we have assumed about post-apartheid South Africa. Comparing the ANC to Libya’s Gaddafi and Egypt’s Mubarak he slammed the party that delivered freedom to South Africa as worse than the old regime. At least you expected them to behave badly, he raged, adding “You, President Zuma and your government, do not represent me. I am warning you, as I warned the nationalists, one day we will pray for the defeat of the ANC government.” It is a sense of anger and betrayal that chimes with much of what I found while filming for the new series of Unreported World (Friday, Channel 4 at 1930 and on 4OD).
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Obama warns Palestinians: no short cut to statehood
US President Barack Obama makes a last-ditch attempt to head off the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the United Nations, saying there is “no short cut” to solving the decades-long conflict.
Jon Snow 
