Sources: Al Jazeera
The protests continue in Egypt for a fifteenth day, hours after a detained Google executive is released with the crowds the biggest yet. 2011-02-8
Mobile phone firm Vodafone says the Egyptian authorities have hijacked its network to send unattributed text messages supporting the government. 2011-02-3
Protesters detain 120 people with IDs linking them to the police or ruling party; most were attacking protesters at the time. 2011-02-3
At least three people are killed as a result of gunfire in Cairo's Tahrir Square. 2011-02-3
Al Jazeera urges Egyptian satellite company Nilesat to resume broadcasting its signal or face legal action. 2011-02-2
Egyptian protesters continue nationwide demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak for a ninth day. 2011-02-2
President Hosni Mubarak meets the military, holding talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman, Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Chief of Staff Sami al-Anan and other senior commanders. 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
Ahead of his court case Julian Assange is interviewed at the Norfolk country house where he is staying, having been up all night preparing U.S. State Department cables relevant to ongoing events in Egypt for inclusion on the WikiLeaks website. 2011-01-30
China blocks searches for "Egypt" on its internet and restricts media coverage. 2011-01-29