2:15 Al Jazeera speaks to Hossam El-Hamalawy, a blogger and activist from Cairo, on the strikes sweeping Egypt

(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)

1:45am The fact that Egyptian workers are on strike across the country may be a more worrying development for the government. Behind the scenes, negotiations are under way between a committee of "wise men" and the government to agree on a transition.

But despite those talks, Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, says the deadlock between the government and the protesters looks set to continue:

1:38am Rania Helmy, a photographer, took this image of Egyptian police earlier and posted it on herfacebook page:

1:15am On his twitter feed on Wednesday, Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive whose Facebook memorial for a young man beaten to death by the Egyptian police last year helped spark the protests, wrote that protesters are hoping to stage the world's largest funeral this Friday:

12:45am As protests continue, Egyptians have started to count the cost of the uprising - and many are mourning those who have died in the clashes:

12:05am Protesters remain camped out on the streets of Cairo as worker walk-outs contribute to the wave of discontent in Egypt:

12:00am We continue our live blogging for February 10 here, as protests enter the 17th day in Egypt.