Egypt -- "Day of Departure." Chants urging Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to leave office are reverberating across Cairo's Tahrir Square. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered at the square, the focal point of protests in Egypt, for what they have termed the "Day of Departure."
Egypt -- Journalists Attacked. Dozens of foreign journalists were arrested, attacked and beaten yesterday as the Egyptian government and its supporters embarked on what the US state department called a concerted campaign to intimidate the international media.
Gabrielle Giffords. The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) delivered a moving tribute to the power of faith Thursday during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, remarking on his wife's steady improvement and urging the nation to keep her in its prayers because "it's helping."
Quote of the Day. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. “ President John F. Kennedy, March 13, 1962, relevant to today’s events. (Quotations Book)
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