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1700: The BBC’s Magdi Abdelhadi says: “The power struggle at the top of the Egyptian establishment is no longer a secret. The legal measures against some of the most powerful people in the political hierarchy are the confirmation of a deep split within the ruling elite. It began over how to respond to the wave of protests demanding that President Mubarak should go. And it worsened as the protesters became more assertive, insisting that the president step down immediately. After his announcement that he wont seek re-election this autumn, the split became a struggle for survival.”

1718: Omar Ashour from Exeter University tells the BBC’s World Service that the momentum is with the protesters, adding: “Dealing with this crisis by repression and intimidation is not working. What happened yesterday made a lot of people sympathise with the protesters.”