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Live Streaming Coverage: Al Jazeera English; CNN; Reuters; BBC; Breaking News.
Primer: What’s happening in Egypt. The BBC’s Key Points:

1. Egyptian riot police clash with thousands of anti-government demonstrators.
2. Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria.
3. Suez sees some of the worst violence, with a police station being set on fire.
4. Reports say opposition figurehead Mohamed ElBaradei, who joined Cairo protests, has been placed under house arrest.
5. The authorities have disrupted mobile phone networks and internet services.
6. The unrest follows three days of protests in which at least eight people have been killed.

Further Reading:

• Mapping Egypt’s ‘day of wrath’.

• [Wikileaks] Cables Show Delicate U.S. Dealings With Egypt’s Leaders. Joe Biden: “I would not refer to [Mubarak] as a dictator.” Clinton: “We are deeply concerned by the use of violence by the Egyptian authorities.”

• Bruce Riedel: “Don’t Fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.”

• What Could Possibly Go Wrong: An Internet “Off” Switch; Internet service NOT down in Syria.

• Up Next?: Pink anti-government protesters take to the streets in Yemen.