Defiant Mubarak stays put amid mounting calls to quit
02/06/2011CAIRO — Egypt’s defiant strongman Hosni Mubarak showed no sign of quitting yesterday, the 12th straight day of Cairo protests demanding he end his 30-year grip on power, as international calls grew for him to go.
State news agency MENA said the embattled leader held talks with members of his newly appointed Cabinet but gave no further details.
The aging leader has shown no intention of stepping down immediately, despite huge demonstrations on the Muslim day of prayer Friday on Cairo’s Tahrir Square — the epicenter of the protests — and in Alexandria.
Early on Saturday, gunfire crackled on the square where thousands spent a chilly night encircled by tanks.
Protesters sat on the ground around some of the tanks to prevent the troops pulling out and leaving the square vulnerable to the feared interior ministry riot police or militants loyal to Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110206hed4.html
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