Helicopters hover as protesters gather in heart of Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - helicopters flying over the morning's Tahrir Square in Cairo on Monday as protests against the government continued for seven days, and showed no signs of abating.
At least 1,000 people gathered in the region, a focal point of protests that began Tuesday. Some of them said they had spent the night and the smell of campfire smoke lingered in the air.
One group carried placards and chanted: ". People want the Egyptian government in the fall"
Troops and tanks remained a visible presence on the streets of the city. Nile State TV reported that police were to begin implementing and resume their duties through Egypt on Monday.
The police were virtually absent from the streets since Saturday, after the brutal suppression of a day before when thousands of riot police and plainclothes clashed violently with protesters.
"There are thousands of potential evacuees from Egypt, and pay close attention to that, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs said on Sunday.
Officials are trying to Istanbul, Nicosia, Cyprus and Athens, Greece, as possible targets, although this list is not complete on Sunday afternoon, he said.
On Sunday, the jets of air combat at low altitude did nothing to prevent thousands of Egyptians from continuing their protests in the night.
Check Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei is Tahrir Square fueled their enthusiasm. Throngs cheered the opposition leader in the minutes.
"Today I look in your eyes each of you, and everyone is different today," he told the demonstrators. . "Today you have an Egyptian feel free rights and freedom, and we began can never be postponed, as I said, we are one of the most important question: the end of the administration and begin a new phase."
ElBaradei, a former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is one of several opposition demonstrators, whose name surfaces in talk about possible future leaders of Egypt. Other names may be Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League.
But Mubarak has given no indication to give up his rule for 30 years.
On Sunday, he urged the leaders of his new Cabinet to conduct a "dialogue with all stakeholders (policy)", according to a transcript of his speech read on television by the State of the Nile
He also invited the leaders of the new government to "hold anyone to commit any form of corruption," and stressed "the need to pursue a fair extent, depth and effective new political, constitutional and legislative fundamentals".
The President has appointed new cabinet to be formed by newly appointed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, to restore security in the country, as well as the Egyptians believe in their economies. Mubarak also appeared to criticize the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest country in the opposition bloc.
"Citizens and the youth of Egypt are taken to the streets of a peaceful demonstration demanding their right to freedom of expression," said Mubarak. "However, protests have been infiltrated by a group of people using the name of religion that ignores the human constitution and the values of citizenship."
A government imposed a curfew would begin at one o'clock Monday morning - 15 hours (08:00 EST), Nile TV reported. But these restrictions have been largely ignored by the protesters in recent days.