Al Jazeera
Cairo protesters hold firm
US envoy says Mubarak must stay to steer through reforms, as tens of thousands in Tahrir Square call for him to resign.
"Frank Wisner, a special envoy for Barack Obama, the US president, has said Hosni Mubarak "must stay in office to steer" a process of gathering "national consensus around the preconditions" for the way forward.
"The comment represents the strongest statement from a US government official in support of Mubarak remaining in office since protests began on January 25.
"Obama administration officials welcomed the resignation of Gamal Mubarak, terming it a "positive" move.
"Despite the continuing demonstrations and the resignations, Ahmed Shafiq, the prime minister, said stability was returning to the country and that he was confident a deal could be reached on constitutional reforms."
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