Egypt, attempts at dialogue Sit in Tahrir Square

CAIRO - In the center of Cairo traffic of cars and people going to work is now virtually normal in 14 or day of protest against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, also around the square in Tahrir, where tonight, as always January 25, the protesters remained camped. From the first hours of the morning, the army has tried to reduce their space, thus leaving the passage to the car, as it did yesterday when the army commander, General Hassan al Rowny, told the protesters: "We want people to return to work and be paid. We want life to return to normal. "

DEMONSTRATORS Tahrir Square CREATE THEIR NEWSPAPER - The demonstrators in Cairo on January 25 calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak began to publish their own newspaper: the''to Midan Tahrir,''or Tahrir Square, the name of the place now the worldwide symbol of anti-regime protest in Egypt. The initiative reflects the vision of the youth movement that is fighting for change in Egypt as said its director, Mohamed Moustafa sherd, former MP and journalist for the opposition newspaper Al Wafd. Currently, the Midan Tahrir is photocopied and distributed thousands of copies among the demonstrators, but''we're going to get a license for our paper and mark the birth of a new community 'of journalism in Egypt,''he said Sherd, was quoted today by the English-language daily The Egyptian Gazette. In the square, the protesters have now set up a sort of shrine, near the Egyptian museum, to allow everyone to see and read all the local newspapers, whose circulation and 'has recently been seriously disrupted by riots and demonstrations.

TESTS OF DIALOGUE - In Egypt will establish a joint government-opposition to constitutional reforms by March. The initiative was decided in the meeting between Vice-President Omar Suleiman and rppresentanti opposition, announced the government spokesman.

But according to the Muslim Brotherhood, the reforms proposed by the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to quit the political crisis are "inadequate ".

SULEIMAN NOT WANT TO TAKE POWERS MUBARAK - Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman has rejected an appeal of the opposition to take over the powers of President Hosni Mubarak. Said on one of the participants in the talks between Suleiman and the opposition. "We asked the President to delegate his powers to Vice President in accordance with the powers that gives him the article 139 (the Constitution), but he refused, " said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Today Suleiman met with various representatives of the opposition forces, including the Muslim Brotherhood, a representative of the IAEA director Mohammed el Baradei, the telecommunications magnate Naguib Sawiris.

DIALOGUE AND MARTYRS DAY APPEAL - Today, the thirteenth day of the revolt against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the day was dedicated to "martyrs"from the crowd gathered again in Tahrir Square in Cairo, while the opposition began a "dialogue" with Vice President Omar Suleiman and the authorities are trying to bring life back to normal in the country. At the box to start a series of democratic reforms also involved the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition group, banned from politics for decades but at the same time tolerated. "We decided to accept this meeting to test the good faith of the authorities to meet the demands of the population and their willingness to accept them, " said their spokesman. Yesterday, the leaders of the National Democratic Party (PND) of President Mubarak has been replaced, a measure welcomed by Washington - as well as by the Italian government - also supports dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood: explicit support today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Many public officials are meanwhile back at work this morning, as banks have reopened, after a week of closure, and immediately the doors were formed long queues of people who finally can withdraw cash from their bank accounts. Many shops remained closed for days, have reopened their doors. On the square, however, have always come together as tens of thousands of people and, for the first time this morning along with a number of Coptic Christians Muslims also gathered in prayer in memory of the victims of the protest, which according to the UN are now about 300. The army in the last hour has further strengthened its presence in the downtown area, and tried to reopen at least part of the Tahir square to traffic, but the protesters refused to move.

PAPA, I ask God to find peace and the common good - Appeal of the Pope to Egypt, after the Angelus: "These days I follow with attention the delicate situation of the beloved nation of Egypt. I ask God that this land, blessed by the presence Holy Family, find the tranquility and peaceful coexistence, the commitment shared for the common good. "It 's the first time the Pope speaks of Egypt since the protests erupted.

The Pope's appeal has particular significance in light of the fact that diplomatic relations between Egypt and the Holy See have recently experienced a cooling phase, when the Mubarak government has decided to bring home the Egyptian Ambassador to the Holy See . The decision of Cairo was followed by the words that the pope had spoken in defense of the Christian community after attacks against them. The Pope in his address, among other things, does not refer in any way to the Egyptian rulers, but speaks directly to God to ask for peace in the country.

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