Egypt bans further protests
Top story: Egypt's interior ministry has banned further demonstrations after a day of nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule. Police fired tear gas and water cannons to dispel protesters in Cairo's Tahrir square early this morning and have been stamping out attempts by the demonstrators to gather throughout the day. Other cities in Egypt appear to have returned to calm.
Yesterday's demonstrations, largely organized via social networking sites like Facebook facebook - tool of the revolutionaries - who could have imagined that ... and if you think it can't happen ratcha heya in the Ewe Essof A ... you would be completely missing the point and inspired the the overthrow of Tunisia's longtime dictatorship, brought around 20,000 demonstrators out onto the streets in cities throughout Egypt. In a set of demands posted online, the organizers of the demonstrations called for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, the dissolution of the Egypt's parliament, and the creation of a new unity government. Three protesters and one policeman were killed yesterday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Egypt, a close U.S. ally, to refrain from violence and allow the protesters to assemble, but characterized the government as "stable and... looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the Egyptian people."
