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At least one million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamouring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power, piling pressure on a leader who has towered over Middle East politics for 30 years to make way for a new era of democracy in the Arab nation. Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square was jammed with people ranging from... 

The resignation of Jordan's Prime Minister, Samir Rifai, was accepted by the King, who has asked a former Prime Minister with a military background to replace Mr Rifai. King Abdullah has also dismissed the Cabinet and asked his new Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, to form a new Cabinet. The King, a key US ally in the region, is... 

Egypt's transition to democracy 'must begin now,' world leaders insisted Wednesday amid pitched street battles in Cairo and President Hosni Mubarak's reluctance to immediately relinquish power. In central Cairo's Tahrir, or liberation, Square, thousands of opposition protesters and government supporters clashed on the ninth...