(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)
3:51am Scenes from Tahrir Square: Mubarak's Non-Resignation (by one of our web producers in Cairo)
3:34am Robert Fisk of The Independent: As Mubarak clings on... What now for Egypt?
To the horror of Egyptians and the world, President Hosni Mubarak – haggard and apparently disoriented – appeared on state television last night to refuse every demand of his opponents by staying in power for at least another five months.
3:24am Canadian cartoonist Patrick Corrigan responds to Mubarak's speech (posted by globalcartoons via twitpic).
3:14am Al Jazeera Arabic reports roughly 10,000 protesters are surrounding the state TV building in Cairo. The protesters are planning to spend the night there.
3:00am Statement of US president Barack Obama on Egypt:
The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition is immediate, meaningful or sufficient. Too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to democracy, and it is the responsibility of the government to speak clearly to the Egyptian people and the world. The Egyptian government must put forward a credible, concrete and unequivocal path toward genuine democracy, and they have not yet seized that opportunity.[...]
2:55am CNN says there are 1,000-2,000 protesters who have reached the presidential palace, an extremely sensitive site which nobody has marched to thus far. We're hearing that they are settling in for the night. That means there could be consistent, camped-out protests at Tahrir, parliament, and the presidential palace.
2:41am Pro-democracy protesters call for 20 million Egyptians to march tomorrow after Friday prayers.
2:25am More photos of angry protesters on Tahrir square listening to Mubarak’s speech (posted by @LaurenBohn via twitpic)
2:05am Marc Lynch in Foreign Policy: Responding to the Worst Speech Ever
It's hard to exaggerate how bad Hosni Mubarak's speech today was for Egypt....
2:00am An angry crowd has gathered in front of the Egyptian State TV building in Cairo. Protesters are chanting against the regime and calling for Mubarak to resign. (posted by @Gsquare86)
1:45am Slavoj Žižek in The Guardian: For Egypt, this is the miracle of Tahrir Square
There is no room for compromise. Either the entire Mubarak edifice falls, or the uprising is betrayed.
1:35am Britain's Foreign Minister William Hague:
It is not clear what powers Mubarak is handing over to his deputy.
1:22am Protesters gathered in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square brandished their shoes - a serious insult in the Muslim world - while others shouted "Get out!" and "Down, down Hosni Mubarak".
1:05am Tunisians call on Egyptian protesters to see through their pro-democracy demonstrations after Mubarak announced his intention to stay in his position.
12:45am US President Barack Obama will meet with his national security team at the White House to discuss the situation in Egypt, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says.
12:34am ElBaradei on Twitter: "Egypt will explode. Army must save the country now."
12:31am Statement by Catherine Ashton, the European High Representative for Foreign Affairs on Egypt:
The demands and expectations of the Egyptian people must be met. It is for them to judge whether the steps announced by President Mubarak fulfill their expectations and aspirations. President Mubarak has not yet opened the way to faster and deeper reforms. We will pay close attention to the response by the Egyptian people in the coming hours and days.
12:21am Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak responding to a question about Mubarak refusing to step down:
We should not pretend that we are more important than for the Egyptian people than their own interests. I don't think I have to respond to this. It's up to the Egyptian people to find a way and do it according to their own constitution, norms and practices.
12:03am In reaction to Mubarak's speech French president Sarkozy says:
I hope Egypt gets a democracy, not an Iran-style religious dictatorship.
