Opposition calls for massive rally on Tuesday
Top news: Protests continued for a seventh day in Egypt and opposition leaders have called for a "march of millions" tomorrow, demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down. Egypt's major cities have faced several nights of looting, which many believe the authorities are allowing in order to discredit the opposition and justify a crackdown.
Former IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei has emerged as the nominal public representative of the movement, though support in the street appears to be mixed for the Nobel laureate, who has spent most of the last decade living abroad.
Egypt's largest opposition group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood party, appears to be taking a larger role in the protests after initially avoiding them. In Alexandria, Brotherhood supporters constituted a majority of the crowds over the weekend. In Cairo, the Brotherhood has been less overt in its participation.
Egyptian authorities have shut down the Cairo office of satellite network Al Jazeera and blocked its signal within the country. The network says six of its journalists are currently in custody.
Sudan: Complete preliminary referendum results show 99 percent support for independence in Southern Sudan. Official results will be published on Feb. 14.
| Asia Middle East - The leader of a long-outlawed Islamist party has returned to Tunisia.
- Oman says it has uncovered a ring of spies working for the UAE government.
- The Netherlands has frozen all ties with Iran after the execution by hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman on drug smuggling charges.
Africa Americas - Results are coming in for the gubernatorial election in the cartel-plagued Mexican state of Guerrero.
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Haiti.
- Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas was released after his third arrest in just 48 hours.
Europe - European leaders are meeting to discuss an overhaul of the Eurozone's rescue fund.
- Russian authorities say they have identified the bomber who killed 35 people at Moscow's Domodedovo airport last week.
- Thousands of people in Northern Ireland gathered for what might be the final march to commemorate Bloody Sunday.
-By Joshua Keating |  |
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