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All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has expelled one of its leaders in Ika South local government area, Chief Cairo Ojougboh.

People want you out than they want you in. the concern is a short drive away from here are the supporters of president morsi, and that sets the stage for a potential showdown, where you have on one side the president, his islamist supporters, on the other side, the liberals, the moderates who want him out right now. and all eyes on cairo to see what happens today. >> reza sayah, ben wedeman, thank you. i used to live in cairo, and i know tahrir square well, that is jam packed with people. that i...

The attacks on cairo. people forget about this. the attacks on the cairo embassy were real. a dozen others were attacked at the same time. it was only after those attacks and the operating assumption of some people involved was the guys in benghazi saw what was happening, hey, now is our time. round up the boys. so it did kind of merge together a couple days after the fact. theyre still trying to sort it out. it doesnt seem to be, even if they got it wrong, you dont see any guilty intent. >> was...

Ship disaster. a crew member from the costa concordia filed a lawsuit in chicago against the ships owners. the owners today offered lump sums of about $15,000 a piece to uninjured passengers as catccompensation. a suicide bomber blew up a car at a funeral procession in baghdad. 32 peak were killed. dozens more wounded. attacks predominantly against shiites killed at least 200 people since the start of the year. the u.s. is trying to get egypts attention yanking on the purse strings a bit. the ...

Egypts attention yanking on the purse strings a bit. the new leaders of the country continue to prevent american aid workers from leaving. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has an update. >> thousands converged on cairos tahrir square to mark the one-year anniversary of the day of rage that pushed president hosni mubarak from power, the obama administration threatened to cut military aid unless democratic progress was tangible. the issue came to a head because at least six amer...

Reza sayah coming out of cairo. >> weve got general wesley clark joining us for analysis on whats going on in libya. general, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i was talking to nic robertson before about the potential outcomes here as anti-aircraft fire was being fired into the air over tripoli and no sign of anything incoming to actually fire at. im curious about what your analysis would be if moammar gadhafi just decided to stop. just decided to not do anything. dont pull any triggers. w...

Benghazi, medical forces say at least 95 people were killed. if the fighter jets had not managed to bring the military machine to a halt, they say they would have seen more bloodshed, possibly a bigger massacre taking place, fredricka. >> arwa damon, thanks so much, appreciate that from benghazi. when we come back well have our continuing coverage of all thats take place in libbia and well also be joined by little rock, arkansas, from general wesley clark. and well pop in on cairo as well. a...

Wael ghonim, the google executive who was detained and we spoke to yesterday who helped organize the first protests on january 25th, he has said he does not want to talk to omar suleiman. he said the time for negotiation with him is over. he says that omar suleiman is part of a regime that hosni mubarak symbolizes and that that entire regime needs to go. i think some of the other activists here and some of the other demonstrators dont take such a hard line position and some say they could live w...

Demonstrators converged on cairos tahrir square wednesday and similar numbers are expected today. they are demanding president hosni mubarak leave office immediately. two years after peace talks between india and pakistan collapsed the two governments have agreed to get them back on track. the decision follows a year of discussions between officials from both sides. ministers will discuss areas including counterterrorism, the disputed kashmir region and broader talks of peace and security. tal...

Or many people want to be in tahrir square for what they expect to be a historic moment when president mubarak makes his speech. >> it certainly will be. do they have some sort of speaker system? i assume they do, ben, that they he will be able to hear mubarak as he speaks? >> why, there are many speaker systems down there playing at the moment, music. others making speeches. but weve seen in the past that there is a big screen down there where people will be able to listen to whatever speech co...