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The Decline and Fall of British influence?
“David Cameron? Who is he? Who’s even heard of William Hague? How dare they talk about Egypt like that? Who do they think they are? ” The Egyptian Foreign Ministry official was scornful
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Egypt unrest: ‘President Mubarak to step down’
A senior aide to President Hosni Mubarak tells Channel 4 News the embattled leader will step down imminently amid widespread unrest which has swept Egypt.
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Pro-Government supporters in Egypt ‘turn on Mubarak’
As Cairo’s Tahrir Square bulges with a record number of protesters, Channel 4 News understands that pro-Mubarak supporters are turning against their leader.
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Egypt: protesters remain as talks progress
Protesters remain in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as Egypt’s politicians begin talks to end the political crisis, and a senior Google executive is released after a week in custody.
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Winners and losers in Cairo
Who are the winners and losers in Egypt’s ongoing political battle, asks Krishnan Guru-Murthy, as protesters remain in the square and talks continue.
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The US and Israel may have to work with Egypt's Brotherhood
With the Muslim Brotherhood now a part of negotiations with Egypt’s Vice-President Suleiman to end the country’s political unrest, the US and Israel may have to find a way to accommodate a group banned by President Mubarak, blogs Lindsey Hilsum.
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in talks with government
What happened in Egypt today has been unimaginable for years: the banned Muslim Brotherhood entered into formal talks with the government to find a way out of the country’s political crisis.
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Egyptians demand Mubarak exit as crowds swarm Cairo
As 200,000 Egyptians gathered in Cairo to demand President Mubarak’s removal from office, a committee of “wise men” has come up with a plan for him to cede power, reports Jonathan Rugman.
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Egypt: bitter and bloody battle in central Cairo
President Mubarak says Egypt will descend into chaos if he resigns now – but as ten die in the battle between Mubarak supporters and pro-democracy protesters, Jon Snow in Cairo says it already has.
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Egypt unrest: casualties of the violence
As violence erupts on the streets of the Egyptian capital, Channel 4 News looks at the victims of the protests and speaks to “The Martyr” who helped mobilise thousands to take on the regime.
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Egypt crisis: the secret American game plan?
When Obama spoke to Mubarak, what exactly did he say? Channel 4 News examines America’s game plan in Egypt as Sarah Smith plots a timeline of the US President’s biggest foreign policy test yet.
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Egypt’s million march and the social media
It is being billed as a march of a million people, aimed at revolutionising Egypt’s politics. Channel 4 News explores some of the key social media players helping to fuel events in Cairo.
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Kissinger warns of biggest change since WWII
Henry Kissinger warns Channel 4 News that if an Islamist government replaces Mubarak in Egypt that it would be a “fundamental change to the kind of world we have known since world war two”.
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Will protests have domino effect in Arab world?
Will the unrest that has unseated governments in Tunisia and Jordan infect other Arab nations? An expert tells Channel 4 News the protests will spread, but whether they succeed is another matter.
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King of Jordan sacks Cabinet amid demonstrations
King Abdullah of Jordan sacks his Cabinet and appoints a new Prime Minister in a bid to head off more unrest – but while this has worked before, it might not this time, an expert tells Channel 4 News.
