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(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)
2:58pm Ayman Mohyeldin thanks US viewers for tuning in to Al Jazeera. You can Demand Al Jazeera in your neighbourhood, too.
2:07pm The security chief for the Egyptian city of Wadi al-Jadid (New Valley) was sacked and the police captain who ordered police to shoot at protesters was arrested and will be tried. At least five people were killed and dozens wounded in three days of clashes between police and citizens.
2:00pm The criminal court in Egypt has endorsed the decision of banning three former ministers from leaving the country and the government has also frozen their assets.
1:54pm The Egyptian prime minister forms a committee that will gather evidence on "the illegitimate practices" that resulted from the events of recent weeks. The committee will receive reports from citizens and civil society organizations and then present a report to the public prosecutor.
1:04pm There are lots of jokes and funny banners circulating, both in Tahrir Square and on the internet - this picture of scuba divers is a good example - the signs says: "Leave before we run out of air".
12:54pm Video posted on Youtube yesterday showing a solidarity protest that was held in Gaza to show support for the Egyptian pro-democracy protesters
12:00pm The newly appointed Culture Minister, Gaber Asfour, has quit. His family say it's due to health reasons but Egypt's main daily newspaper al-Ahram says Asfour, who's also a writer, was criticised by his literary colleagues for taking the post.
He was the only new face in the new cabinet.
11:34am In a recent interview with ABC television, Omar Suleiman, the vice president, said he wanted to see democracy, but added quickly:
But when will we do that? When the people here have the culture of democracy.
10:34am Hassan Elghayesh, a 24-year-old Egyptian, thought his only chance of a brighter future would not be in his own country, which he loves dearly. But now, the tables have turned: his faith in people's power has been restored and he feels empowered. Here is an account of his first hand experiences in Tahrir Square.
8:29am Calls for Mubarak to resign are now spreading, with hundreds now camped outside Parliament. Thousands of workers are expected to strike for a second day as they push for pay rises and reforms.
8:18am Khalid Albaih posted this picture on Flickr:
7:58am The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests, the Guardian newspaper reports.
The military has claimed to be neutral, merely keeping anti-Mubarak protesters and loyalists apart. But human rights campaigners say this is clearly no longer the case, accusing the army of involvement in both disappearances and torture ...
6:58am This is an eyewitness account of the night of February 2, in Tahrir Square when pro-democracy protesters were attacked by Mubarak loyalists.
Death in Tahrir Square - What happened on 2/2/11? from Ashraf Helmi.
6:22am Today is the 17th day of protests - and President Mubarak is still holding on to power. Users on some websites are spreading political cartoons as the situation develops.
Picture from precycleonline.com
5:55am Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit warns that the army, until now a mostly neutral force, would intervene if the protests escalated.
The official MENA news agency, quoted Abul Gheit as saying on Arabic-language satellite television channel Al-Arabiya:
If chaos occurs, the armed forces will intervene to control the country, a step ... which would lead to a very dangerous situation.
5:00am Mona Eltahawy, an award-winning writer and an international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues, spoke to Al Jazeera, live from New York, on the latest developments in Egypt:
4:15am The United States presses Egypt on reforms as anti-government protests continue unabated:
:30am Egypt's uprising is being closely watched in Iran. Ali Larijani, the Iranian parliament speaker, blames the US and Israel for bringing instability to the region.
He explained his reasons for doing so to Al Jazeera's Nick Clark:
2:15 Al Jazeera speaks to Hossam El-Hamalawy, a blogger and activist from Cairo, on the strikes sweeping Egypt:
1:45am The fact that Egyptian workers are on strike across the country may be a more worrying development for the government. Behind the scenes, negotiations are under way between a committee of "wise men" and the government to agree on a transition. But despite those talks, Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, says the deadlock between the government and the protesters looks set to continue:
1:38am Rania Helmy, a photographer, took this image of Egyptian police earlier and posted it on her facebook page:
1:15am On his twitter feed on Wednesday, Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive whose Facebook memorial for a young man beaten to death by the Egyptian police last year helped spark the protests, wrote that protesters are hoping to stage the world's largest funeral this Friday:
12:45am As protests continue, Egyptians have started to count the cost of the uprising - and many are mourning those who have died in the clashes:
12:05am Protesters remain camped out on the streets of Cairo as worker walk-outs contribute to the wave of discontent in Egypt:
12:00am We continue our live blogging for February 10 here, as protests enter the 17th day in Egypt.
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