Sources: Al Jazeera
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
The media reports that President Mubarak's son Gamal resigns as head of the National Democratic Party bureau. Secretary Safwat el-Sharif and the six-member Steering Committee of the General Secretariat also resign. 2011-02-5
Protesters form a human chain in Tahrir Square to prevent tanks from entering the area. 2011-02-5
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
Mubarak selects Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander and aviation minister, as his new prime minister, preserving the top three political jobs for men with military links. 2011-01-29
A curfew is extended from 16:00 until 8:00 Egyptian time according to state television. 2011-01-29
Five protesters are reported to have been wounded at the Interior Ministry. 2011-01-29
People gather in historic Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States to peacefully protest against the Mubarak regime. They wave Egyptian flags, hold up signs, chant for Mubarak's resignation and call for an end to cell phone and Internet censorship perpetrated by the Egyptian government. 2011-01-29
Mubarak orders the army into the streets as buildings and police vehicles burn. 2011-01-28