1321 GMT: About 2,000 demonstrators are outside the state television headquarters, on the banks of the Nile near Tahrir Square, correspondents say. 1317 GMT: correspondents report that at least 3,000 people have march on Mubarak's main official residence in the upscale Heliopolis neighbourhood, their numbers boosted by hundreds of people arriving from Tahrir Square. 1316 GMT: Mubarak, family have left Cairo: government source.tells . 1306 GMT: A BBC correspondent says the size of the demonstrations across Cairo is among the biggest if not the biggest in 18 days of protest but there is confusion about what should be the next step. 1302 GMT: BBC TV shows state TV building ringed with barbed wire put up this morning. 1301 GMT: Sky News citing sources saying thousands in Tahrir Square are trying to make their way to the state TV building. 1251 GMT: BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson, speaking from Cairo, says the crowd, although fired up, don't seem prepared at this stage to use violence. 1248 GMT: BBC cites Israeli TV and al-Arabiya reports saying Mubarak has left Cairo. The Israeli report, from Channel 10, says he has gone to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he has a villa. 1246 GMT: Leading dissident and Mubarak opponent, former UN nuclear watchdog head Mohammed ElBaradei Tweets: ?Entire nation is on the streets. Only way out is for regime to go. People power can't be crushed. We shall prevail. Still hope army can join? 1244 GMT: "One human rights measure announced by the President was the cancellation of Article 179 of the constitution, a measure we have long called for, as it entrenches violations relating to arrests, detentions and trials. But he failed to give any timeline for when that would happen," Amnesty said. "The language used by Vice President Suleiman to try to discourage protesters from making their voices heard is also unacceptable. It is ironic that a government which has fired on and allowed thugs to attack peaceful protesters Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin) is attempting to persuade protesters to go home by warning of chaos and destruction, the human rights group says in a statement just released. 1241 GMT: President Hosni Mubarak and Vice President Omar Suleiman "utterly failed to respond to the demands of the protesters" in their speeches last night, Amnesty International says. 1233 GMT: CNN text headline: Protesters surround government buildings in Suez, 1220 GMT: "The tension in Egypt has seen some US dollar demand after President Mubarak decided that he would not stand down, after it being widely expected he would do so, fuelling some risk aversion," CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson tells . 1218 GMT: The dollar strengthens against the euro as increasing unrest in Egypt leads traders to seek safe-haven assets. "Developments in Egypt have forced investors to back off risk assets," said analyst Adrian Schmidt at Lloyds Banking Group. The dollar is regarded as a safe investment in times of heightened geopolitical turmoil, while the euro is viewed as a riskier currency. 1208 GMT: Governments around the world must be closely watching events in Tahrir Square today after a US administration official told CNN last night that Mubarak's speech was "not what we were told would happen, not what we wanted to happen." 1204 GMT: A Sky News correspondent in Tahrir Square says he expects march to go ahead to six key locations including state run Nile TV and resident Mubarak's palace. "People are saying not only will people stay here but they will win the revolution, as they put it," he says. 1153 GMT: TV pictures from Tahrir Square show it is still crowded but some people are making their way out of the square. 1150 GMT: Al-Arabiya television channel is reportedly saying protesters have taken over government establishments in the city of Suez. 1142 GMT: European stock markets fall as traders weigh the developing Egypt crisis, as well as a contraction to Spain's economy and news of a key tie-up between Microsoft and the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia.
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