Mubarak
feb 6
Alas, poor Mubarak rated fewer than 11,000 during the same hour. New York Times, Technology
While it is almost impossible to isolate the impact of social media tools from the general swirl of events that set off the popular uprisings across the Middle East, there is little doubt that they provided a new means for ordinary people to connect with human rights advocates trying to amass support against police abuse, torture and the Mubarak government's permanent emergency laws allowing people to be jailed without charges. New York Times, Technology
Another of the secret embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks leveled even harsher criticism at Field Marshal Tantawi, telling Gen. David H. Petraeus, then the head of United States Central Command, that under the field marshal’s leadership, “The tactical and operational readiness of the Egyptian Armed Forces has decayed.” Nonetheless, the December 2008 cable concluded, he “retains Mubarak’s support, and could easily remain in place for years to come.” New York Times, Middle East
Obama said only Mubarak, who took power in 1981, knew if he would leave office soon. Toronto Sun News
But she also appeared to soften U.S. pressure on Mubarak to step down. Toronto Sun News
Egypt's vice president, Omar Suleiman, a long-time intelligence chief, held unprecedented talks with the Brotherhood, an Islamist group, and other opponents Sunday as demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, marking a "Day of Martyrs" for those killed in protests, said they would intensify their 12-day battle to end Mubarak's rule. Toronto Sun News
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry said Sunday he is encouraged by what he described as the rapid and dramatic series of events toward a new Egypt without Mubarak. Toronto Sun News
Kerry suggested that Mubarak, who last week announced in a nationally broadcast speech said he would not be a candidate for another presidential term, again address the Egyptian people. Toronto Sun News
Mubarak should "make it clear what the timetable is, precisely what the process is, " Kerry said. Toronto Sun News
Egypt will have its revolution in the end - Mubarak has promised as much. Toronto Sun Columns
Mubarak hit the kill switch on the Internet to minimize potential damage, but one key video has emerged demonstrating the medium's power. Toronto Sun Columns
Mubarak's problem went beyond Egyptians with cellphones. Toronto Sun Columns
apr 10
The army has become a target for a hard core of protesters who say it is colluding with remnants of Mubarak 's network and thwarting calls for a deeper purge of former officials. Reuters Top News
Protesters cried "revolution, revolution" and brandished an effigy of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the military council now ruling Egypt and is also defence minister, as he was under Mubarak for many years. Toronto Sun News
Protest leaders have become increasingly critical of the ruling military 's council 's handling of this period of political transition and its failure to prosecute Mubarak. CBC Top Stories
Mubarak, forced out of office two months ago by a popular uprising, said he was willing to cooperate in any investigation to prove that he did not own property abroad or posses foreign bank accounts. ABC News Top Stories
In his first public comments since being ousted from power on February 11, Mubarak said information sent to Egypt 's public prosecutor would show he owns no financial assets or real estate abroad. Reuters International
Egyptians have been growing more frustrated with the country 's military leaders who assumed control of the country following Mubarak 's departure. VOA News
In a speech broadcast on the pan-Arab news channel Al-Arabiya on Sunday, Mubarak says he is willing to cooperate in any investigation to prove that he did not own any property abroad or have foreign bank accounts. Fox News Top Headlines
Mubarak said he would defend himself from any accusations of corruption, after a fresh wave of protests in Cairo in part to demand he be put on trial. Guardian World
In the space of a few short weeks, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities ( SCA ) broke away from the Ministry of Culture to become its own ministry; then Mubarak was toppled, the police disappeared, and some sites, including the famous Egyptian Museum in Cairo, were looted. Newsweek All Latest
aug 15
Hussein Salem, business tycoon and Mubarak confidant: tried in absentia for corruption ( 5-15 years in prison ) BBC Top Stories
Anonymous has delivered on earlier threats to hack BART after the San Francisco Bay Area transit entity " pulled a Mubarak." Boing Boing
The Mubarak government practiced an inconsistent combination of tacit tolerance for some smuggling combined with capricious half measures to cut it off, including the occasional prosecution. New York Times, Middle East
I think this is a very important moment, to see Mubarak in the cage. Newsweek All Latest
Mubarak was replaced Feb. 11 by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Mubarak 's longtime Defense Minister Marshal Hussein Tantawi. Seattle Times full feed
Defense lawyers say that any testimony by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi on Mubarak 's role in trying to suppress the 18-day uprising, in which more than 800 people were killed, could decide the fate of the 83-year-old. Reuters Top News
The thousands of protesters who eventually forced Mubarak out of power complained that decades of corruption and police impunity were, in large part, responsible for the country 's ills. Fox News World
Mubarak is charged with using violence to crush an anti-government uprising CNN Top Stories
Mubarak's first appearance in court was memorable for the extraordinary images of the ousted dictator, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, being wheeled into court on a hospital trolley. Guardian World
