Egypt under siege
Published:Friday | January 28, 2011 | 5:47 PM
Egypt has extended its curfew to all cities as anti-government demonstrators in Cairo besiege key buildings, including the foreign ministry and the state broadcaster.
The headquarters of the governing NDP party has been set ablaze.
President Hosni Mubarak, facing the biggest challenge to his authority of his 31 years in power, has ordered the army onto the streets of Cairo.
He is due to make a statement on Tuesday, his first since protests began.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appealed to Egypt to do everything to restrain the security forces.
The US counts Egypt as an ally in the Middle East and has so far been cautious about taking sides.