How far will it go? All the way to 2012? Hah!
How about urging reforms in the US before people get as sick of the government here as they are in Egypt? Think it can't happen here? It can.
China reacts typically:
Beijing blocks searches for "Egypt" from microblogging site following protests there.China has blocked the word "Egypt'' from the country's wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media.
China's ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest.A search for "Egypt'' on the Sina microblogging service brings up a message saying, "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown".
The service has more than 50 million users.News on the Egypt protests has been limited to a few paragraphs and photos buried inside major news websites, but China Central Television had a report on its midday broadcast.
China's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment Saturday on the events in Egypt.
Protesters gather across the country, demanding the prime minister step down.
Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment.
In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about 3,500 opposition activists from Jordan's main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and leftist organisations gathered in the capital, waving colourful banners reading: "Send the corrupt guys to court".
The crowd denounced Samir Rifai's, the prime minister, and his unpopular policies.
Many shouted: "Rifai go away, prices are on fire and so are the Jordanians.''
Another 2,500 people also took to the streets in six other cities across the country after the noon prayers. Those protests also called for Rifai's ouster.
Activists calling for the ouster of president clash with government supporters in Sanaa.
Mummy destroying and other looting thugs (reported as the police in civilian clothes)should be shot dead!
Mummies destroyed at museumMubarak fires cabinet, appoints new vice president, prime minister but refuses to step down; scores killed, thousands wounded; mummies destroyed at museum
Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum during anti-government protests late Friday and destroyed two Pharaonic mummies, Egypt's top archaeologist told state television. As many as seven other mummies had been damaged, according to media reports.
"Egyptian citizens tried to prevent them and were joined by the tourism police, but some (looters) managed to enter from above and they destroyed two of the mummies," he said. He added looters had also ransacked the ticket office.
Other Looting
Looters and protesters, many smeared in red, filled the streets. Residents of affluent neighborhoods were boarding up their houses against gangs of thugs roaming the streets with knives and sticks and gunfire was heard in some neighborhoods.
"There are many people who are afraid in Cairo right now," reporter Engel told msnbc. "The police have abandoned the city and when the police left, protesters had run of the city."
Many communities have formed local militia to help protect their neighborhoods and streets from widespread violence, Al Jazeera reported.
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