Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Egypt and closed its embassy in Cairo and its consulates in Alexandria and Suez Saturday, following protests in the Egyptian capital over a human rights lawyer imprisoned in the Arab kingdom.
During the summer of 2009, Egyptians from all walks of life waited in hopeful anticipation for the arrival of newly-elected U.S. President Barack Obama in Cairo.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield talks to an Egyptian blogger and activist one year after Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power.
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week.
A wave of protests broke out at Syrian embassies on several continents amid reports of hundreds of deaths in one Syrian city and hours before a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a response to the violent crackdown in the country. Here's a breakdown of some of the demonstrations Friday and Saturday:
Twelve people died over two days in clashes between Egyptian police and protesters amid reports of inadequate security at a soccer match that devolved into a riot in which 79 fans were killed, officials said Saturday.
Nine people died over two days in clashes between Egyptian police and protesters amid reports of inadequate security at a soccer match that devolved into a riot in which 79 fans were killed, officials said Friday.
The Egyptian revolution has a new, and shocking, image: It's the Egyptian flag, but the eagle in the middle has been replaced by a simple blue bra. The image refers to the recent, savage beating of an abaya-clad female protester by Egyptian military forces.
An hour or so drive from the chaotic and congested streets of downtown Cairo is a very different world.
Egyptian security forces beat protesters and set fire their tents in Cairo. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Pro-democracy demonstrators battled Egyptian police for a third straight day Sunday, their anger stoked by images of a military police officer stomping on a woman's exposed stomach over the weekend.
CNN Defining Moments 2011 -- The Arab Spring continued its spread across Egypt and North Africa
Egyptian election officials sealed ballot boxes with candle wax Monday after the first day of the country's parliamentary elections.
Three American college students detained in Cairo since Monday night were released from police custody Friday and were headed to the airport to return to the United States, an attorney for one of the men said.
A French TV correspondent said Friday she thought she was going to die as a crowd of 70 men violently assaulted her near Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Egyptians have staged days of demonstrations against the interim government.
Joy Sweeney - the mother of Derrik Sweeney, who was arrested in Egypt - talks about her son's ordeal.
Dawn broke over central Cairo Tuesday, revealing thousands of demonstrators sleeping on the lawns, sidewalks and streets of Tahrir Square.
Egypt's military-led government Tuesday denied using violence against protesters and said the resignation of the country's Cabinet has been accepted, although members will remain until a new government is formed.
Three American college students were being held Tuesday, possibly in a Cairo courthouse, accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails during the unrest gripping Tahrir Square, authorities and family members said.
Fresh violence broke out in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square early Tuesday, hours after Egypt's Cabinet submitted its resignation to the nation's military-led government.
Ten people were killed Sunday in confrontations between protesters and security forces in Egypt, a health ministry spokesman said.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians turned out in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest plans for a constitution that would shield the military from public oversight.
When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia in January, he did not only ignite a series of unpredicted revolts but also heralded the first appearance of Arab youth on the stage of modern history.
Egyptian security forces moved into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, dispersing the protesters gathered there and beating those who did not leave voluntarily, according to a witness with activists in the square.
Protesters and residents clashed in Cairo's Abbasiya neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least two dozen people with injuries serious enough to be taken to area hospitals, a health ministry official said.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians, angered by their nation's slow progress toward reforms, converged in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Friday to pressure the interim government to speed up the process.
Two weeks before the revolution, I was visiting family in Cairo. While in a taxi, the driver complained, "Mubarak, he's ruining this country! But what can we do?" In typical Egyptian fashion, he followed his complaint with a Mubarak joke. I can't remember the joke exactly but, judging by the driver's uproarious laughter, he certainly thought it was "Tonight Show" ready.
Scores of protesters angry at the death of a Cairo bus driver hit the Egyptian capital's streets Friday, throwing stones at police and receiving tear gas in response.
Violence erupted in the Cairo neighborhood of Maspero when pro-Coptic protesters clashed with unidentified men, leaving at least two people dead and 60 injured, state TV reported early Sunday.
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been swept up in protests against longtime rulers since the January revolt that ousted Tunisian strongman Zine El Abedine Ben Ali. In many cases, these demonstrations and movements have been met with brute force and escalated into seemingly unending violence. Here are the latest developments from each country and information on the roots of the unrest.
Ben Wedeman reports on how an outbreak of sectarian violence resulted in attacks on churches in Cairo.
CNN's Hala Gorani reports on one man's efforts to revitalize poverty-stricken areas of Cairo in post-Mubarak Egypt.
Thousands of Christian Copts in Cairo protested outside the offices of the Egyptian state broadcaster, witnesses said on Friday.
Demonstrators upset with the pace of reforms in Egypt are attacked in Tahrir Square. CNN's Nima ElBagir reports.
Around 50 Egyptians packed into a small, fluorescently lit room in a nondescript building in Cairo, learning the lessons they say will be needed in their new world.
A private Libyan aircraft crossed Greek airspace en route to Cairo Wednesday, and the pilot said there were two passengers on board, according to Greek civil aviation authorities.
A pro-woman demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, quickly degenerated into shouting matches between opposing sides.
Several thousand people protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to urge Egypt's new rulers to implement reforms.
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U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns has arrived in Cairo for meetings with Egyptian government officials and civil society representatives, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.
CNN's Arwa Damon reports on the latest demands from Cairo's tireless protesters giving voice to 30 years of grievances.
CNN's Ben Wedeman is on the streets of Cairo when the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is announced.
Cairo is currently the center of the world's attention as the site of historic protests that have already had huge repercussions in the region.
Philadelphians share the hopes and fears for family living in Egypt. CNN's Sarah Hoye reports.
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Google executive Wael Ghomin, who went missing during protests in Cairo, Egypt, was released Monday, Google announced. The company sent out a tweet saying, "Huge relief -- Wael Ghonim has been released. Our love to him and his family."
CNN's Piers Morgan and Anderson Cooper discuss video showing an allegedly stolen U.S. Embassy van driving into crowds.
A white diplomatic van shown plowing into anti-government protesters in Cairo might belong to the United States, officials said, adding that 20 such vehicles have been stolen in Egypt amid the unrest.
Egypt's burgeoning reform movement drew tens of thousands of people, undeterred by deadly clashes and government crackdowns, to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for a mass rally with a single message for the president: "Leave."
CNN's Brian Todd reports on those launching attacks on protesters and media in Cairo.
Journalists attempting to cover unprecedented unrest in Egypt reported being beaten, arrested and harassed by security forces and police for a second day Thursday, leading to sharply limited television coverage of the protests.
After his attack at the hands of Egyptian protesters, Anderson Cooper explains what happened and how he escaped.
CNN's Arwa Damon says that temporary order is dissolving now that the military has moved out of Tahrir Square.
At least two humanitarian workers were detained by police in Egypt on Thursday after military police took over Cairo's Hisham Mubarak Law Center, Amnesty International said.
For more than a week, opponents of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak had the upper hand in Cairo, protesting with near impunity in the face of police and an army that did little to stop them.
The fiery, bloody clashes between demonstrators in Cairo -- with soldiers watching with seeming indifference -- is an apparent maneuver by the Egyptian military to raise popular support for their intervention and the old guard police state, analysts say.
It started with verbal abuse, and then -- perhaps inevitably -- it got physically, terrifyingly violent.
Tanks hit the streets in Alexandria, Egypt, but protesters continue to cry for the removal of President Mubarak from power.
As the protests in Cairo enter a second week, CNN takes a look at some of the key questions surrounding them.
The embattled Egyptian government early Tuesday restricted communications and travel ahead of what protesters are calling a "march of millions." Here's what the government has done so far:
Dr. Zahi Hawass reports that vandals have created some damage to Cairo's antiquities museum.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on a breakdown in law enforcement in Cairo.
A witness to the looting in Cairo, Egypt says there is no security and citizens are in a state of panic and fear.
By day, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Cairo, chanting against the country's president and calling for his resignation.
Relative calm settled on Cairo in the hours before sunrise on Sunday, after tens of thousands of demonstrators defied a curfew on Saturday to demand change and new fears of anarchy spread as President Hosni Mubarak clung to power.
Anxious passengers at Cairo's airport wait to leave Egypt. CNN's Arwa Damon reports
Groups of U.S. tourists were stuck Saturday trying to find their way out of Egypt amid the chaos and violent protests that have seized the country.
An eyewitness details the scene at Egypt's Ministry of the Interior building where gunshots erupted Saturday.
Defiance and hope replaced Friday's scenes of widespread chaos and violence in Cairo on Saturday but at least five people were reported dead in clashes between police and protesters outside the Interior Ministry building.
For American travelers, this view of Egypt was not what they were counting on. Tear gas clouded the air as flames consumed city buildings -- a far cry from a day trip to the Great Pyramids they may have planned.
Two CNN iReporters from the U.S. on vacation in Cairo talk about being held up in their hotel amid protests.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Cairo, Egypt, where police fire tear gas at protesters.
Egypt's minister of trade and industry talked to John Defterios about Egyptian and regional stability.
More than 1,000 police officers shut Cairo's Mansheyit Nasr district Wednesday after clashing with hundreds of Christian protesters.
Egyptian comedy promoter Maha Hosny is driving through the traffic-clogged streets of Cairo while talking to CNN on her cell phone, when there's a terrifying screech of tires and the line goes dead.
A protest by minority Christians in Cairo spiraled into a violent melee with riot police. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
A woman in Cairo attempts being a cab driver, a profession limited only to men.
A bus driver for an Egyptian company fatally shot six of his co-workers and wounded five others Tuesday morning in a city near the capital, Cairo, the interior ministry told CNN.
A year ago on June 4 in Cairo, Egypt, President Obama pledged to ease rules that impede American Muslims' ability to engage in charitable giving. His laudable commitment was in response to donors' fears of donating to humanitarian causes abroad, especially in conflict zones where aid is most needed.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on an Egyptian-American cowboy who has embraced "country eastern" music.
Football fury
updated: Fri Nov 20 2009 14:59:00
Police in Egypt block protesters from the Algerian embassy after a contentious soccer match. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Areas of Cairo might as well be under martial law. This normally chaotic but otherwise peaceful city of 18 million has been wracked by football fever gone mad. The government has deployed thousands of riot police and plain-clothed cops in a part of town normally known for its fancy restaurants and upscale shops.
Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
CNN's Ben Wedeman gets an exclusive view of the first step of the World Cup trophy's 77-day tour of Africa.
Egyptian jeweller to the stars, Azza Fahmy , on how beguiling Cairo inspires her designs.
For the beautiful people, Azza Fahmy may be one of the best-known names in Egypt.
Cairo native and jewelry designer to the stars, Azza Fahmy, reveals her favorite sights, restaurants and activities in the Egyptian capital.
Pig farmers threw rocks at police officers in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday as health workers gathered the farmers' herds for slaughter in what the government says is a precaution against the spread of swine flu, an interior ministry official told CNN.
The weekend bombing in one of the Egyptian capital's busiest tourist districts was not orchestrated by any known extremist group, state-run media reported.
An explosion in Cairo, Egypt, kills at least one tourist and wounds at least 23 more.
Egyptian and Sudanese troops rescued an abducted 19-member European tour group in an assault on the kidnappers in the remote Sahara borderland, officials said. The tourists and their Egyptian guides returned safely to Cairo on Monday
Huge boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town Saturday
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