Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 09, 2011

- Egypt: On Ground Updates -
Anti-Government Demonstrators Extend Protest Into Streets Outside Parliament - Labor Unions Begin Their Own Strikes
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
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* WSJ.com brings us the following report out of Egypt today and it starts off like this... Egypt's opposition movement extended its protest to the street outside parliament and tapped allies in the labor unions to begin strikes of their own, pursuing a strategy of gradually ratcheting up pressure on a regime that is digging in behind President Hosni Mubarak... Vice President Omar Suleiman warned protesters that the government wouldn't allow chaos and reiterated that Mr. Mubarak won't step down...
Read this report in full at link below...
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Sphinx and Great Pyramid: Tourists Wanted
WSJ's Christopher Rhoads reports: February in Giza, Egypt, is usually the peak season for tourists, who come here to see the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. But the country's recent unrest has turned this desert town into a ghost town.
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