Here is a round-up of the latest news coverage on Egypt from Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as of 10:00a.m.ET: 

AL JAZEERA
Live blog Feb 2 - Egypt protests 
(Times are local in Egypt, ET+7)

4:21pm Female anti-government protester telling Al Jazeera that they cannot leave the square even if she wanted to - she is crying on air and sounds very scared and emotional. Telling Al Jazeera not to refer to the pro-government group as "demonstrators" because they are actually "violent thugs".

4:14pm Al Jazeera's web producer sends through a picture of the camel that was brought in by pro-government supporters and used to charge at the anti-government demonstrators.

3:53pm The EU announces that they urge Mubarak to speed the process of government transition asap. Meanwhile the Muslim Brotherhood announces that they want Mubarak to step down now rather than September.

3:27pm Al Jazeera reporting that more than 100 people have been injured in the past hour after suspected government supporters, including plain clothed police men, entered Tahrir Square and attacked anti-Mubarak demonstrators.

Go to blog for more

THE GUARDIAN NEWS BLOG
(Times GMT, ET+5)

2:43 p.m. Abdel Halim Qandil, from the opposition Kefaya party, echoed the claims that it is Mubarak's security services who are reponsible for the unrest. He told al-Jazeera

"There are no Mubarak protesters. They are thugs, secruity personnel, dressed as civilians. What is happening in Tahrir Square now is a crime perpetrated by the Mubarak regime. It is another crime perpetrated by him...he must be held accountable.....we cannot stop until we see this murderous regime step down."

2:33 p.m.An al-Jazeera correspondent estimates he has seen around 100 people carried away from Tahrir Square, with the most seriously injured an unconscious boy, no more than 8-years-old, who was being carried on the back of a man.

A crying female protester told the station that pro-democracy protesters were being prevented from leaving the square and urged people not to credit the pro-Mubarak supporters with the description "protesters".

THE NEW YORK TIMES - Lede Blog 
9:16 A.M. ET |Egyptian Government Denies Police Are Provoking Clashes

The Egyptian government has responded to reports from Al Jazeera correspondents who said that protesters had shown them police identity cards taken from some of the regime supporters involved in clashes in Tahrir Square.

On its live blog, the BBC reported:
"Egypt's interior ministry has denied that plainclothes security personnel are among the pro-government demonstrators in Tahrir Square, state television says. There have been reports of police ID cards being taken from some of those involved in the clashes."

A government opponent just told the BBC that Egyptian television is broadcasting from "a parallel universe."

In a telephone interview with the BBC, Tamer Abbas, a protester, claimed that the people who came to the square to fight had been paid by the Mubarak regime.

About 40 minutes ago, The BBC reported:

Opposition figurehead Mohamed ElBaradei tells the BBC he is extremely concerned about the Tahrir Square clashes, and accuses the government of using "scare tactics."

Mohamed ElBaradei: he tells the BBC he fears the clashes in Tahrir Square "will turn into a bloodbath" and calls the pro-Mubarak demonstrators a "bunch of thugs."

WALL STREET JOURNAL EGYPT BLOG POSTINGS
Feb 2, 2011
9:19 a.m. ET

More Calls for Mubarak to Show Progress
By WSJ Staff
 
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must respond to the will of the country’s people, the European Union’s chief diplomat Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. Mubarak has said he will step down after elections in response to broad protests, but some leaders have expressed the need for a more urgent move.

“We need to see movement,” said Ashton, adding there must be transition and transformation in Egypt. “Those are words with a sense of urgency to them.”

Emilio Morenatti / AP

Protesters shout slogans Tuesday as they march toward Tahrir square in Cairo.

 Hundreds of thousands of people packed Cairo's Tahrir Square to call for reform. See dramatic new images in an msnbc.com slideshow.

CARLOS BARRIA / Reuters

Hu Yi Xin, left, embraces her daughter Rong Xi as she arrives from Egypt at the Pudon International airport in Shanghai on Monday.

BEIJING - For nearly a week now, as much of the world remains riveted by the events unfolding in Egypt, China is making assiduous efforts to appear uninterested.

At least judging from what’s being reported and what’s being discussed here.

The political turmoil in Cairo has received barely a headline in the People’s Daily, the main Communist Party newspaper, or much coverage by Xinhua, the state-run news agency. And a quick thumb through issues of the China Daily since last Tuesday show the protests only made the front page a couple of times, and photographs from the streets of the Egyptian capital were conspicuously rare.

What has been written is sanitized and the focus is largely on lawlessness. “[W]e hope Egypt could restore social stability and normal order at an early date,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Sunday. 

The coverage also avoids details of the underlying political factors or the calls for democracy, with the demonstrations characterized generally as “anti-government” or “anti-American.”

Information online hasn’t been any more comprehensive. Over the weekend, searches for the word “Egypt” was discovered to have been banned on Weibo, the leading microblogging site run by Sina, and then from other Twitter-like sites and online discussion groups.     

No discussion of dissent
The tight restrictions on media coverage and Internet discussion of the protests in Egypt isn’t much of a surprise.  Beijing, after all, played from the same rulebook in July 2009 after riots broke out between ethnic Han Chinese and Uighurs in Xinjiang. Internet and cell phone services were immediately cut off in the northwestern province and were only reinstated very gradually over the following year. 

There’s been no public official pronouncement, of course, on the information restrictions, but an editorial in the Global Times, a state-run newspaper with strong nationalist leanings, reinforced the fact the Chinese government tolerates no discussion that might lead to questions about its supremacy:

“[D]emocracy has been accepted by most people. But when it comes to political systems, the Western model is only one of a few options. It takes time and effort to apply democracy to different countries, and to do so without the turmoil of revolution.”

The Chinese, of course, know a little something about the turmoil of revolution. The scars from China’s 20th century upheavals – the Great Leap Forward (1959-61) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), to name just two that caused the deaths of tens of millions – have left the Chinese government, and arguably the Chinese people, with little appetite for political instability.

At least that’s what some China-watchers are betting.

Is China next?
As the protests in Egypt entered their second or third day, and unrest appeared to spread to Lebanon and Yemen, foreign journalists began wondering aloud whether China would be next.  To some, it seemed obvious. The images of tanks rolling through the streets of Cairo, in particular, recalled the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and could well rekindle that kind of mass uprising in China.

In fact, Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times arrived in Cairo’s Tahrir Square over the weekend and drew immediate comparisons to Tiananmen Square, which he’d covered for the newspaper. 

One reporter even point-blank asked U.S. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs at a press conference: “Does the U.S. believe – or do you think that China should be concerned in any way about what’s happening in Egypt? Or do you think it’s – they're such completely different societies and that this is mostly an Arab-Muslim thing at this point?”

Here, in the land of China-watchers, the question provoked confident responses of “No.”

‘Churning change…’
While acknowledging “anything is possible,” Richard Burger, a PR specialist who has lived in Taiwan and the mainland, explained why he believed China is different.

“China has done a far better job than Egypt and Tunisia in terms of keeping people employed and placated,” said Burger. “Its public works projects and subsidies of Chinese businesses have helped keep unemployment in check and, unlike in Tunisia, the mood in China [is] wildly optimistic.”

C. Custer over at ChinaGeeks, a China-watcher’s blog, is more circumspect, noting that the chief reason for Beijing’s sensitivity to Egypt coverage is because “the protests in Egypt are motivated by factors that exist in China, too: wealth disparity, corruption, censorship, etc. Of course, China is not Egypt. But the spin machine is still running.”

At the New Yorker, however, Evan Osnos, who has experience both in Egypt and in China, noted, “For all of China’s problems these days, the simple fact is that the dominant sensation in China is the polar opposite of that in Egypt: China is a place of constant, dizzying, churning change…[T]he lives of average Chinese citizens continue to improve fast enough that they see no reason to upturn the system.”

At any rate, today saw slightly more coverage of Egypt in the Chinese media. In part, that came because Beijing issued a warning to its citizens not to travel to Egypt and made arrangements for some 500 Chinese travelers currently stranded in Egypt to be evacuated by plane.

Whether that is the only ripple effect remains to be seen. 

Melissa Phillip / AP

Doaa Khedr, with her daughter, Maryam Ali, 1, protests along with others outside the Egyptian Consulate in Houston, Texas on Sunday. Click here to view a slideshow.

See a slideshow world reactions to Egypt's protest

1 February Update:

One more China pundit enters the fray.  Christina Larson at Foreign Policy notes a few more features that set China apart.  "There is no widespread seething anger towards China's rulers equivalent to what exists in Tunisia and Egypt," she writes.  "In recent years, high-profile protests in China have erupted over specific grievances – ethnic tensions, land rights, environmental degradation among them – but they have not touched Beijing.”

But perhaps all this speculation is misdirected.  As Adam Minter writes, “It might be better – if not more empirical – to step back and ask whether China has sufficient, robust institutions whereby average Chinese citizens can vent their frustrations, anger, and grievances.”

As rioting and protests erupted for a third straight day in Egypt on Thursday, social networking sites were abuzz with talk that Friday's rallies could be some of the biggest so far calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in power. Millions will gather at mosques across the Cairo for Friday prayers – providing organizers with a huge number of people already out on the streets that they hope to tap into.

MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / Reuters

Egyptian anti-government protesters attack a riot police car in the port city of Suez, about 80 miles east of Cairo, on Thursday.

Here are some good resources on the Web to watch for developments:

Twitter:
Twitter has been blocked in Egypt, but news about demonstrations, arrests and police retaliation are still being circulated on the Twitter hashtags #Egypt and #jan25. The date Jan. 25 refers to when the violent mass protests started. 

Al Jazeera’s staff has compiled tweets on the protests. YouTube
Protesters continue to upload video, like this one of a man standing in front of a water-cannon truck, dubbing it, “Egypt’s Tiananmen Square moment.” 

This YouTube video shows protests at the Tahrir bus station in downtown Cairo on Wednesday.

Blogs, web sites
The English edition of the independent Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm has regular updates. They reported that the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest political opposition organization in Egypt, will join Friday’s demonstration.

The Guardian newspaper is live blogging the protests.

Global Voices, an international community of bloggers, translates local social media into English and has a page dedicated to Egypt Protests 2011.  
 
Al Jazeera has extensive coverage of the protests.

The New York Times’ Lede blog has coverage of the protests – particularly video emerging on social media sites.

The Council on Foreign Relations has coverage of the foreign policy implications with one of the Middle East experts, Steven Cook, blogging from Cairo.  

Foreign Policy also has an interesting analysis on the million-dollar question: “Will the Arab revolutions spread?”

The Economist also covers the current Middle East phenomenon that Egyptians have jokingly dubbed a “Tunisami” and the question of whether the wave of popular revolt on the Arab street will take down Egypt.

See a slideshow of some of the Egyptian bloggers who brave police intimidation to spread information.

If you know of other Egypt news resources, send them in? We’ll continue to update this list.

Nigel Roddis / Reuters

Vehicles travel through snow on the A168 road near Topcliffe, northern England on Dec. 1. Heavy snow grounded all flights at Gatwick airport on Wednesday, while the worst early winter weather in almost two decades also caused severe delays on roads and rail lines up and down Britain.

ANDREW WINNING / Reuters

A traveller shelters from the snow as he waits for a train at Clapham Junction in south London on Dec. 2.

By Nina Saada, NBC News London

LONDON – Name three things that begin with the letter ‘S’ and can each bring central London to a standstill: snow, subway strikes and students.

Roll all of those together and what do you get? A good description of Londoners' miserable week so far: record-breaking snowfall in U.K.’s capital, yet another strike by subway workers and another student demonstration.

And to top it all off, Londoners’ daydreams of hosting the 2018 World Cup have just been crushed – they lost their bid to Russia!

The white stuff has forced London's Gatwick Airport to close until Friday, train services to grind to a halt and schools and businesses to shut their doors, and caused traffic pile-ups have trapped people in their cars for hours. 

Luke Macgregor / Reuters

Passengers wait in front of check-in desks at Gatwick Airport in southern England on Dec. 2.

As temperatures drop to around 24 degrees Fahrenheit in and around London and as much as six inches fall in some parts of the capital’s suburbs, millions are settling in for the big freeze.

Packed train
Given the tales of transport chaos I had heard, I felt lucky to squeeze onto a packed train as it pulled away from the platform at London’s Paddington Station.  

The young lady sat opposite me hadn't been so lucky.

"I've been travelling for seven hours on a journey that should only haven taken me three, and I still have two more hours to go," said Bristol University student Bea Bishop.

Despite her mammoth journey, 22-year-old Bishop was just pleased to be getting back to campus in time for her morning class.  Apparently she wasn’t one of the thousands of students who boycotted class and took to the streets earlier in the week.

While most people have been trying their best to keep warm and stay out of the cold, thousands of students have been standing outside holding placards and challenging the freezing weather, the government and the police force this week.

Despite the frigid weather, protesters turned out for their third mass demonstration against the government’s plans to triple university tuitions to $14,000 Wednesday. Call it youthful imperviousness to cold. 

Luke MacGregor / Reuters

Demonstrators march through the snow during protests about student fees in London on Nov. 30.

Lee Griffiths, a student dancer, had been training hard in the studio all day – only to get stuck in the middle of an angry protest at Kingston University on the outskirts of London.

“Hundreds of people were marching in front of my bus. Things looked like they were getting out of hand and there were police everywhere. My bus was stuck behind the protest march so it took me nearly an hour rather than 20 minutes to get home,” she said.

The 21-year-old has not felt the urge to join in with the protest.

“This is my second year of university so these changes don’t really affect me, but as far as I can see the radicals are ruining it for those who want to protest peacefully,” she said. “I don’t want to be involved in that.”

Chaotic misery
With the snow bringing travel to a standstill and student demos upsetting the balance, the city’s frosty air has a tinge of chaotic misery. Throw in another tube, or subway, strike and you’ll understand why.

Luke Macgregor / Reuters

Traffic lines up around the M25 in Kent as snow causes travel chaos in southern England on Dec. 1.

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners started work late on Monday. For those who did make it in on time, their usual mode of transport was doubly as crowded or the commute doubly as long. On Monday staff on the underground tube transport network went on strike for the fourth time since August. 

Thousands of London Underground maintenance workers, drivers and ticket hall staff had walked out in a dispute over job cuts and safety. The 24-hour industrial action forced the closure of 50 tube stations and caused widespread disruption across the city. Commuters had to either force their way onto packed buses, trains and boats, or face freezing temperatures and walk to work.

Social networking sites were as busy as London bus stops, with people voicing their complaints about the disruptions on Twitter.

“Harrymarr” tweeted that thanks to the Tube strike he had “resorted to sleeping in the office – what has my life come to?” And “Chrishealeynz,” quipped “with #Tubestrike yesterday & the #snow today, the City of London is like the set of #28dayslater.”

And getting to work won’t get much easier if the subway unions have anything to do with it: Tube workers are threatening more action, possibly for three days in a row next time and possibly over the Christmas period.

Oh yeah, students are vowing that they're determined to demonstrate until the government rethinks the rise in fees. 

Unfortunately for Londoners, their only hope is that the snow is due to stop falling soon.