Cairo: Angry protesters, who have been into their campaign for the last weeks, on Cairo’s central Tahrir Square have called for a new push to oust President Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands of people still occupy the square but their lines have been gradually pushed back by the army, keen to get traffic moving again.
Talks have achieved little and there is no sign of Mubarak resigning now.
As normal life resumes around them, the protesters risk sliding into irrelevance.
On Monday, the government announced a pay rise of 15% for public sector workers – some six million employees. Economic losses caused by the protests are estimated at $310m a day.
The protesters have sought to dislodge Mubarak after 30 years in power, blaming him for the country’s economic problems and accusing his government of corruption and repression.
Meanwhile, the State Department took a more critical stance on Monday on Egypt talks.
“Our concern is that the … discussions that are happening are not broad-based enough,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
Crowley refused to name names but said there are people in Egypt, including “major figures in Egyptian society” who have “not been invited in,” adding “this needs to be inclusive.”
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