Standpoint - Welcome to Standpoint http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en Egypt on high alert /node/3715 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>SHIRAZ MAHER</strong></p> <p>The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has promised ‘decisive measures' against protestors today. Large scale demonstrations are likely to follow Friday prayers today, which will end within the next hour. </p> <p>Internet traffic is already being disrupted and the country's text message service <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jEpvlGIaWTfaQboU5vC3z-VvkXog?docId=CNG.59420fe4e8128ad5e1e65ae78e6d4293.f31">is down</a>. </p> <p>We'll keep you posted on any significant developments.<p><a href="/node/3715"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3715#comments Egypt Hosni Mubarak Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:51:11 +0000 Shiraz Maher 3715 at http://standpointmag.co.uk