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28/01/2011 (1400 GMT)

Protestors take to the streets in Egypt but will demonstrations lead to real reform?

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  • Egypt: protests

    Thousands of Egyptians are protesting on the streets of Cairo and other cities. Newshour speaks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Assad Sawey, who was injured at one of the protests.

    Duration: 07:42

  • Egypt: analysis

    The latest on the protests from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s correspondents in Cairo and Suez. Dr Maha Azzam, an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, discusses President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

    Duration: 13:03

  • Egypt: US response

    What has been the response of the United States to the protests? Newshour speaks to Robert Daneen, a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.

    Duration: 18:19

  • Arab world

    The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi considers the impact of the recent Tunisian protests on the current demonstrations in Egypt.

    Duration: 23:00

  • Mandela health

    Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s correspondent in Johannesburg, Mike Wooldridge, looks at what will happen next.

    Duration: 30:15

  • Middle East youth

    Do these protests mark the start of a major upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East? Newshour speaks to an Egyptian living in London, a doctor in Tunisia and an Iranian blogger living in Dubai.

    Duration: 37:16

  • Boutros Boutros Ghali

    Doctor Boutros Boutros Ghali is a former secretary general of the UN and before that, he served for many years as Hosni Mubarak's foreign minister. Does he see parallels with what happened in Tunisia?

    Duration: 39:12

  • Middle East leadership

    Newshour looks at the perils of leaderless movements. If President Mubarak goes, will there be a leadership vacuum?

    Duration: 43:03

  • Egypt: Cairo and Suez

    The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s John Sudworth reports on the clashes in Cairo and Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has the latest from Suez.

    Duration: 50:17

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  • Fri 28 Jan 2011 14:05GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online

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