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Amid speculation that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may travel to Germany for medical treatment,Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition has offered the leader refuge.

Germany ready to accept Mubarak: Report
Berlin: Amid speculation that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may travel to Germany for medical treatment,Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition has offered the leader refuge. If Germany can make a constructive contribution to a peaceful transition in Egypt by enabling Mubarak to travel to this country,then we should take him, Bild newspaper quoted Andreas Schockenhoff,member of Christian Democratic Union,as saying. The New York Times had reported about discussions between US and Egyptian military on whether the uprising could be ended if Mubarak leaves for treatment in Germany.

The face behind the revolt in Egypt
New York: If there is a face to the Egypt revolt,it is of Khaled Said. Said,28,was pulled from an Internet cafe in Alexandria last June by the police,who beat him to death. He was allegedly killed because he had evidence of police corruption. Within days of his death,a rights activist created a Facebook page We Are All Khaled Said that posted his photos from the morgue. It remains the biggest dissident Facebook page in Egypt.

Al-Jazeera English correspondent detained
Cairo: The Egyptian military detained a correspondent for Al-Jazeeras English-language news channel in Cairo on Sunday,said the network,which has been targeted repeatedly. Ayman Mohyeldin,an American citizen,was detained near Tahrir Square,where protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak continued for a 13th day. Pressure on news media covering the crisis intensified last week,as pro-government mobs armed with sticks attacked Egyptian and foreign journalists as well as human rights workers. Dozens have been detained. One journalist was killed in the protests.

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Sudans Bashir vows open govt,freedoms
Khartoum: Sudans President promised a future of freedom and open government late Saturday in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in Egypt. Omar Hassan al-Bashir said,We open the door for freedom. We have nothing to fear from freedom … Freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution. Anybody who wants to make chaos,we will deal with him according to the law, he added.

Tunisia police fire on crowd,kill 2
Tunis: The police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Kef on Saturday,killing two people and injuring 17 others,the Interior Ministry said. The official Tunisian news agency said the crowd had turned on the police after the police chief abused a member of the community. A local journalist said the police chief slapped a woman during a demonstration,triggering the violence between police and citizens. Regional prefect Mohamed Najib Tlijali,calling for calm on local radio,said that the police official was himself hospitalised but under arrest.