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Cairo (AFP) Jan 27, 2011 Egyptian opposition figure and former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei is due to return to Egypt on Thursday, his family told AFP, amid the largest anti-government protests in three decades. "He is coming back tonight (Thursday) from Vienna," his brother Ali ElBaradei said, but did not mention whether he was coming back specifically for the protests. The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been one of the most vocal critics of President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for 30 years. He recently told a German magazine that Egypt's long-running regime should be able to follow the lead set by the toppling of Tunisia's veteran president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. "If the Tunisians have done it, Egyptians should get there too," ElBaradei told Der Spiegel. Six people have died in the protests against Mubarak's rule. Inspired by the ground-breaking "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia, the protests in Egypt have sent shockwaves across the region and prompted Washington to prod its long-time ally on democratic reforms.
earlier related report "We are aware of reports of disruption to service but have not seen any major changes in traffic from Egypt," a Facebook spokesman said in an email. The Facebook spokesman also referred AFP to Herdict.org, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University that monitors Web traffic. Jillian York, a project coordinator at Herdict.org, said earlier Wednesday that "Egyptians confirmed a Facebook block this morning." The Herdict.org website listed nine reports of Facebook.com being inaccessible in Egypt, where thousands of demonstrators inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising have staged protests against President Hosni Mubarak. Twitter said its service remained blocked in Egypt as of 2200 GMT on Wednesday but that some people were using third-party applications or proxy servers to successfully send "tweets" at the microblogging service. The Twitter website had been cut off in Egypt on Tuesday in an apparent move to thwart protesters using the social network in the anti-Mubarak campaign. "We believe that the open exchange of information and views benefits societies and helps governments connect with their people," Twitter said in a message at @twitterglobalPR. Twitter and Facebook were among Internet social networking services reportedly being used by protesters to share information and coordinate activities in the campaign against Mubarak. Swedish live video streaming site Bambuser said Wednesday that its service had been blocked in Egypt since Tuesday. Police and protesters clashed in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on Wednesday in a second day of rallies to demand the ouster of Mubarak, who has ruled over the country for 30 years.
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No 'major changes' in traffic from Egypt: FacebookWashington (AFP) Jan 26, 2011 Facebook said Wednesday following reports it had been blocked in Egypt that it had not seen any major changes in traffic from the country rocked by anti-government unrest. "We are aware of reports of disruption to service but have not seen any major changes in traffic from Egypt," a Facebook spokesman said in an email. The Facebook spokesman also referred AFP to Herdict.org, a project of ... read more |
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