It’s Official: Mubarak Announces On TV That He Will Not Run For Re-Election, Rebels Not Satisfied, Want Him Out Now, Israel Offers Sanctuary

Fox News: BREAKING: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he will not run for a new term in office in September elections and will work during the rest of his term for a "peaceful transfer of power" in a new attempt to defuse massive protests demanding his immediate ouster. In a speech aired on state TV Tuesday night, ...

First Tuesday Morning Egypt Update: The First Of A Hoped-For Million Hit The Streets

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Cairo — Helicopters thundered low over central Cairo's Tahrir Square early Tuesday as crowds swelled in anticipation of what protesters hoped would be a massive march aimed at bringing down the 30-year regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Thousands of pedestrians walked past tanks positioned around the square, where organizers have appealed for ...

Report: ElBaradei A “Stooge Of Iran”

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The director of the U.S. Jewish foreign policy umbrella called Mohammed ElBaradei, the opposition leader emerging from the Egyptian ferment, a "stooge of Iran." Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice-president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, accused ElBaradei of covering up Iran's true nuclear weaponization capacities while he directed the ...