Mubarak Moves to Replace Government After Protests Intensify
29 January 2011
A protester watches as an Egyptian army vehicle burns in downtown Cairo on Friday.
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Egypt is a nation of eighty million people -- the largest in the Arab world. Hosni Mubarak came to power in nineteen eighty-one.
The president said early Saturday that he had asked his government to resign and would quickly appoint a new cabinet. Mr. Mubarak promised political and economic reforms and said days of protests were a plot to weaken Egypt.
The protests led by young people became more violent Friday. Military vehicles moved into Cairo and other cities.
A spokesman for President Obama urged the Egyptian government and protesters to show "strong restraint." He said the United States would be "reviewing" its assistance program to Egypt.
President Hosni Mubarak during a broadcast in which he said he had asked his cabinet to resign
Protesters have used social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to organize. But Egypt's four main Internet providers all stopped service early Friday. Telecom company Vodafone said the government also ordered all mobile phone operators to suspend service in parts of the country.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the Egyptian government to end what she called "the unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications." She also called for economic, political and social reforms.
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