Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources VOA.comThere could also be an announcement identifying new members of embattled President Hosni Mubarak's government, after he named aviation minister Ahmed Shafiq prime minister on Saturday and asked him to form a new cabinet.
At least 34 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood political party walked out of prison Sunday after protesters overpowered guards at detention centers.
A spokesman for the party made the announcement Sunday. The Muslim Brotherhood members were among thousands of prisoners set free during the violent protests that have rocked Cairo, Alexandria, and other Egyptian cities since Tuesday.
Protesters gathered in public spaces again on Sunday to continue their call for President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in office.
There is a heavy military presence in the streets, a guard against the violence that has killed more than 100 people and injured an estimated 1,000.
Egyptian official media say the government has ordered the closure of the Cairo bureau of Al Jazeera television, which has reported extensively on the riots. Al Jazeera said the move was designed to "stifle and repress" free and open reporting.
Many residents of Cairo have formed neighborhood watch teams to protect their homes from looters, despite an overnight curfew. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria during the past several days.
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