Saturday, February 5, 2011

Feb. 5 updates

TUNISIA
• Seriously, Sarkozy, how long can you keep her around? More calls for the French FM to quit.
• State of emergency will be lifted next week
• TAP reports that meetings are scheduled to discuss the role of women journalists, who faced a number of challenges under the Ben Ali regime.
• Obviously, I don't know much about the people who have been appointed to a fact-finding panel about the revolution. But judging by job titles alone (a risky proposition, to be sure), it seems like they've picked precisely the kind of people you'd want to pick for such an endeavor.

EGYPT
• Suleiman says 'journalists have full freedom in Egypt.' Yeah, full freedom to get the snot beat out of them.
• Terrorism or accident? Natural gas pipeline blows in the north Sinai, and the Egyptian government is giving conflicting reports.
• The people have stopped tanks from rolling into Tahrir Square - a visual nearly on par with Tienenman Square.
• I hate to say it, but if Mubarak's made it this far, you've got to believe he might make it. AP reports on regime's plans to ride it out.

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