Sources: Reuters
Protests against the Mubarak regime go on nationwide for a seventeenth consecutive day. 2011-02-10
Egyptians mourn those killed for protesting against their government. 2011-02-9
U.S. TV coverage of the uprising in Egypt is criticised for being both pessimistic and superficial and for its focus on what events mean for the U.S. and its regional allies. 2011-02-5
Four members of the April 6 Youth Movement, an opposition group known for organising events on Facebook, are arrested by Egyptian authorities. 2011-02-3
Clashes occur in Cairo and Alexandria between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak with one person dead and 700 injured. 2011-02-2
President Hosni Mubarak orders his new prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs as he battles an intense popular revolt against his 30-year rule. The announcement is read out on state television but has little effect as protesters vow to continue demonstrating until the Mubarak regime falls. 2011-01-31
Al Jazeera English is unavailable by cable television across most of the United States. 2011-01-30
Several prison breaks occur, including the escape of 5,000 from a jail in Faiyum Governorate, many including 34 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from Wadi El Natrun, where eight people were killed in riots, and at least eight Hamas militants from Abu Zaabal Prison in Cairo, two of them escaping to Gaza, and two policemen and twelve escaped inmates were killed there; many more escaped from Tora Prison in Cairo, close to where 'dozens' of people were killed. Soldiers have been deployed outside of many prisons. 2011-01-30
The parliament speaker says Egypt has no plans for early elections despite the mass popular demonstrations against the government. 2011-01-29
Tens of thousands of people protest against the government in Egypt on a "day of revolt". 2011-01-25