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- Thousands of demonstrators continue their protest in central Cairo's Tahrir Square. Some protesters sit under the tracks of tanks deployed around the square, fearful that any movement by the military could be designed to drive out the protesters or abandon them to the mercy of pro-regime thugs.
- Several dozen activists bar access to the Mugamma building, the heart of Egypt's bureaucracy, which dominates the square. The building, which has been closed since January 25, accommodates thousands of bureaucrats and had partly reopened a day earlier.
- Life starts to return slowly to normal in Cairo with shops and roads reopening. The authorities shorten by an hour a widely ignored curfew in the capital, Alexandria and Suez.
- US President Barack Obama says he believes there has been progress in Egypt a day after Suleiman met opposition groups.
- The White House says Washington will be a partner to a new Egypt but its future leadership will need to "uphold" existing treaties, in apparent reference to Cairo's peace agreement with Israel.
- At least one Egyptian policeman is wounded when unknown attackers fire four rocket-propelled grenades at a police barracks in the Gaza border town of Rafah. It is not clear whether the attack is linked to the ongoing protests.
- Japan's Suzuki Motor says it has resumed production in Egypt following a week-long suspension because of the protests. Other Japanese manufacturers continue to freeze their activities.
- The Egyptian authorities release an executive from the US software giant Google arrested on January 28 during the protests.
- The authorities arrest two Palestinians and three Egyptians in the northern city of El-Arish on suspicion of carrying weapons and preparing sabotage.
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- Several dozen activists bar access to the Mugamma building, the heart of Egypt's bureaucracy, which dominates the square. The building, which has been closed since January 25, accommodates thousands of bureaucrats and had partly reopened a day earlier.
- Life starts to return slowly to normal in Cairo with shops and roads reopening. The authorities shorten by an hour a widely ignored curfew in the capital, Alexandria and Suez.
- US President Barack Obama says he believes there has been progress in Egypt a day after Suleiman met opposition groups.
- The White House says Washington will be a partner to a new Egypt but its future leadership will need to "uphold" existing treaties, in apparent reference to Cairo's peace agreement with Israel.
- At least one Egyptian policeman is wounded when unknown attackers fire four rocket-propelled grenades at a police barracks in the Gaza border town of Rafah. It is not clear whether the attack is linked to the ongoing protests.
- Japan's Suzuki Motor says it has resumed production in Egypt following a week-long suspension because of the protests. Other Japanese manufacturers continue to freeze their activities.
- The Egyptian authorities release an executive from the US software giant Google arrested on January 28 during the protests.
- The authorities arrest two Palestinians and three Egyptians in the northern city of El-Arish on suspicion of carrying weapons and preparing sabotage.
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