The Scent of Jasmine (live blog)

The news from Egypt is amazing.

The military and the police are on the streets.

A strict curfew is in place.

Egypt has left the internet.

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AP Reports that protestors have stormed #Egypt foreign minister building #Jan25 #egypt

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Clinton – US deeply concerned about events in #Egypt. Deep grievance by protestors. Violence by riot police is not a solution #Jan25

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Hilary Clinton – Disturbed by the use of violence against protestors, US supports human rights of the #Egyptian people #Jan25

Thousands protest in Jordan

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.

Members of the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood and Jordan’s largest opposition party, swelled the ranks of the demonstrators, massing outside the al-Husseini mosque in Amman and filling the downtown streets with their prayer lines.

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US will review its stand on providing aid to #Egypt based on unfolding events – AP #Jan25

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