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Out depending on whether, as i say, the modernizing forces, the people who want the types of things we take for granted in britain and america, whether they are the people that would secede those governments, or whether the very strong islamist movements wouldnt rather take control. >> isnt part of the problem as weve seen in egypt, when you educate your populous the way they have in egypt, but cant give them jobs at the end of it because you run a rather repressive regime, they end up in the si...

Your nation the way we would like to be. but were not going to go around the world and change every government to fashion it after our always and in some cases well be dealing with representatives who are less than the representatives we would like to have. but in each case, we need to let them know that we stand for freedom and to have a government that will be stable. >> youve just been in the region. what was your take on -- obviously, this is before what happened in egypt, so its with hindsi...

That in any government. but i think, you know, theres nothing that is going to be done now thats going to put this particular genie back in the bottle. its out there and theres going to be change. so whatever people say now, at some point in the next reasonably short period of time, theres going to be change. the question is how -- as i keep saying, is how we get from here to there. when we come back, i want to ask tony blair, could the chaos in egypt start a chain reaction that spreads across...

I mean, would you think from what you just said that mubarak may be lucky to survive even the week? >> i sure wouldnt want to make a prediction about how long mubarak is going to last, but i what i do think is that right now, he has become an impediment to stability in egypt. and that the road to restoring stability in this country involves his departure. and economic pressure, the social pressure, the need to stop these upheavals means that i think theres going to be mounting pressure on him to...

Change is a viable peace process between the israelis and the palestinians. but its also precisely about making sure that dictators like saddam cant stay in power. >> when you see regime change happening in the way were seeing in egypt, where its driven from the bottom up, through the people, and its based on their particular concerns about their quality of life and they resent their government and they want them out and theyre driving reform through the streets, does a part of you wish that per...

German government and french government because united states, they stand behind hosni mubarak 100% because they know if hosni mubarak fell, the whole people in egypt, they are going to be free, they going to be free. if the people free in egypt, they going to go free. they are going to go free and destroy israel. the country who controlled by the united states is real. >> reporter: so again, the voices, very, very clear, president mubarak to get out. again, one of the voices emerge today in a v...

They have they have come around to the idea that it is over for president mubarak right now. i dont think they want him to get on a plane tonight. i think they do see him eventually leave egg the scene but want to do it in a way that is gradual and they are very concerned about him leaving the country, leaving a vacuum. a lot of u.s. national security interests at stake. so they are really pushing this idea of managed change, a process through september where a political opposition can develop, ...

At phoenix.edu. day six of the uprising in egypt there and is no end in sight. protesters filled the streets again today and tonight, demanding president mubarak resign. lets go live now to cairo and cnns senior international correspondent ben wedeman. ben what is the scene like there right now? >> reporter: okay. well, im not southern subbouvs cairo and its a lot different from the heart of the city. what were hearing now is sporadic gunfire for at least the last four or five hours. this is a...

Called on the egyptian president, whoseny mubarak to step down. in southern sudan, a huge victory, supporters of the regions independence. a preliminary tall from the recent referendum shows nearly 99% of voters want to split from the north. if the results are validated, the south would become a new nation in july. a tragic accident in eastern germany, two trains collide, killing ten people, injuring 43. what caused that collision not clear yet. an investigation under way. an uprising cant...