Egyptian army soldiers catch a plain clothes state security policeman after he was discovered by anti-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt.Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
Egyptian army soldiers catch a plain clothes state security policeman after he was discovered by anti-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt.Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
An Iraqi man chants slogans during a protest against the lack of basic services in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
A protester carries a sign referring to ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak as she shouts slogans during a demonstration against Mubarak in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
A Muslim holding the Qur'an and a Coptic Christian holding a cross are carried through opposition supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
Demonstrators, some of them Egyptians living in Switzerland, carry anti-Mubarak transparents and shout slogans in Zurich, Switzerland. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
Egyptian army soldiers arrest a man in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
An effigy of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hangs over Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
A Palestinian protester burns an American flag during a demonstration in support of the Egyptian people in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: AP
A Palestinian protester shouts slogans during a demonstration in support for Egyptian protesters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
An Egyptian army member protects a pro-Mubarak supporter from anti-government protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator holds a baby, wearing a hat bearing the words "Leave", as thousands gather in Tahrir Square, the centre of anti-government demonstrations, in Cairo, Egypt. A sense of normalcy began to return to the capital of some 18 million people, which has been largely closed since chaos erupted shortly after the protests began in January. Photo: AP
Opposition supporters play the role of victims involved in the recent rioting with pro-Mubarak demonstrators, in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
A female anti-government protester shouts slogans in front of army tanks alongside the Egyptian Museum on the front line near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
An anti-government protester runs to take his place during an attack by pro-Mubarak supporters near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Demonstrators camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest, vowed to intensify their battle to oust Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak but the 82-year-old president has said he will stay until September elections because the alternative is chaos. Photo: Reuters
Published Feb 6, 2011
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Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday that he is praying that Egypt can find tranquility and peaceful coexistence, in his first comments since the massive protests in the north African nation broke out. Benedict said he is attentively following the "delicate situation in the dear Egyptian nation," as he addressed thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter's for his Angelus prayer.
Relations between Egypt and the Vatican were tense last month after a bomb attack killed 21 Christian worshippers at an Alexandria church on New Year's Eve.
