Referendum. Ein Referendum. Eine Volksabstimmung in Ägypten. Und dann noch darüber, ob der verdammte Militärrat weiter an der Macht bleiben soll. Mein Gott, wie viele Apfelbäume in Ägypten sind da geplündert und wie viele Äppel gesammelt worden, um sie dem auf den Kopf zu werfen, der die Idee gehabt hat? Ein Referendum. Das Volk soll entscheiden, ob der verdammte Militärrat an der Macht bleibt? Und das nach nur 30 oder 40 Leichen?

In Ägypten hat der Oberste Militärrat Gespräche mit mehreren politischen Gruppierungen geführt.

Im Anschluss daran erklärte der Militärrat seine Bereitschaft zum Machtverzicht – sofern das Volk in einem Referendum dafür stimme.

“Clearly this is a step backwards in terms of achieving political stability,” said Antoon De Klerk, a London-based economist who helps manage $5 billion in emerging-market debt at Investec Asset Management…

Egypt‘s military rulers are ready to cede power if voters choose to do so through a referendum

Tantawi said the army was “completely ready to hand over responsibility immediately, and to return to its original mission of protecting the nation if the nation wants that, via a popular referendum, if need be.”

Egypt’s military ruler floats idea of a referendum on an immediate power transfer.

In the wake of a violent weekend in Egypt, Egypt’s military ruler, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, said he would allow a referendum on the immediate transfer of power to a civilian authority if people demand it

However, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi has indicated military rule could continue if people in Egypt endorse it through a referendum.

A roar of defiance rippled through Cairo‘s Tahrir Square on Tuesday night as thousands of protesters demanding an end to army rule spurned an offer from Egypt‘s military leader to let the people decide in a referendum.

Egypt‘s ruling generals have said they are prepared to hold a referendum on immediately transferring power to civilian authority if people demand it.

Tantawi äußerte zudem die Bereitschaft, wenn nötig die Macht sofort abzugeben, sollte das in einem Referendum beschlossen werden.

Merkel is, after all, about the most important person in the world right now. As leader of the eurozone‘s undisputed economic powerhouse, she in effect holds the future financial wellbeing of all of us in her hands. And the worry is she‘s not up to the job. For all her undoubted qualities and undimmed domestic popularity (the pollsters, certainly, see no hint of a rival who could threaten her re-election in 2013, for a third successive term), Merkel – a pale, irredeemably frumpy, maddeningly hard-to-pin-down shadow of an Adenauer, a Brandt, a Kohl – is totally not what‘s needed, say her critics.

The deal may prove popular among the public, where concern for a return to stability runs high. But it is unlikely to satisfy the huge crowds of protestors who have gathered in Tahrir Square for days, demanding that the military council immediately surrender more of its power to a new civilian government. It leaves the civilian government reporting to the military — effectively a continuation of what amounts to martial law in civilian clothes — until June.

Der ehemalige IAEA-Chef und einer der einflussreichsten Politiker Ägyptens, Mohammed el-Baradei, kann zum Chef der Regierung der nationalen Rettung werden, teilen ägyptische Medien unter Berufung auf verschiedene politische Kräfte des Landes mit.

De-facto ruler Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi will address Egypt within the hour. News agencies report that Tantawi is expected to announce plans to form a „national salvation“ cabinet

Cairo: Rattled by a fresh round of protests, Egypt’s military is considering the possibility of roping in former IAEA chief and activist Mohamed ElBaradei as the new prime minister of the country.

Delegates at a crisis meeting between political groups and the military said parliamentary elections next week would go ahead as scheduled.

They said presidential elections would take place before the end of June next year – a key demand of protesters.

The BBC‘s Kevin Connolly in Cairo says the readiness to bring forward presidential elections appears to be a major concession from the military.

Am Nachmittag wollen wieder Millionen Ägypter gegen die Macht des Militärrats demonstrieren. Die Armee reagiert immer brutaler auf den Widerstand.

Nach dem gewaltsamen Vorgehen gegen Demonstranten hat Ägyptens Militär bei der Bevölkerung seinen guten Ruf vom Frühjahr verloren. Und als langjährige Partner der Amerikaner bringen die Generäle nun Washington in Schwierigkeiten: In Kairos Zentrum wabern Kampfstoffe aus amerikanischer Herstellung.

Mohamed Mahmoud Street, which runs east from Tahrir Square toward the Interior Ministry headquarters in central Cairo, has become the focal point of street fights between protesters and the black-clad Central Security Forces.

Für heute haben etwa 38 Oppositionsgruppen zu einem „Marsch der Millionen“ aufgerufen, um gegen den regierenden Militärrat zu protestieren.

„The only way out of the crisis is by meeting the just demands of the demonstrators, holding parliamentary elections on time and setting a timetable for transferring power by mid-2012,“ the party said in a statement.

The statement comes after the brotherhood said it will not take part in a mass rally to be held in Tahrir Square later on Tuesday.

Egypt‘s interim cabinet has offered its resignation to the country‘s ruling military council as clashes raged for a third day in Cairo‘s Tahrir Square, pitting police and soldiers against protesters demanding democratic change.

Al Jazeera‘s Sherine Tadros speaks to British-Egyptian actor and activist Khalid Abdalla in Cairo.

Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered once again in Tahrir Square. According to reports, 33 people have been killed in the three day old protest in Cairo. The army and the police force have deployed tear gas on the crowds and are being criticized for being too heavy handed. The people of Egypt feel nothing has changed since the Arab Spring and are calling for the military council to give the power back to the people. Here is our report.

Die Revolution in Ägypten geht in ihre zweite Phase. Die religiösen Organisationen wie die Muslimbruderschaft haben sich vom Tahrir-Platz zurückgezogen und paktieren mit dem Militärrat, der vom Generalstabschef und Oberfehlshaber der Armee, Sami Enan diktiert wird, der aus Washington und Langley diktiert wird. Kämpfen und sterben für ihre Freiheit, ihre Demokratie und ihr Land tun wieder einmal die Volkskomitees, die Säkularen, die Demokraten, die Intellektuellen, die Jugend, die ganz normalen Ägypter, die glauben, die wirklich und wahrhaftig glauben an eine bessere Zukunft.