Sunday, 30 January 2011

BBC News - Egypt standoff continues as protesters defy curfew

Police have been ordered back on to the streets of Cairo and the curfew has been extended, as Egypt's president tries to re-assert control.

But anti-government demonstrators remained camped out in central Cairo overnight and they have called for a general strike on Monday.

Protesters want President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in power.

The president has ordered his new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq to push through political reforms.

Egyptian state television read out a letter he had sent to Mr Shafiq, in which the president speaks of the need to make progress towards constitutional and legislative reform..

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