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Awakening. australians are counting the cost cyclone yasi which slammed into northern queensland on thursday. one person was killed in the category 5 storm which had winds up to 300 kilometers an hour. people are describing the storm as absolutely terrifying and say the noise it made was like a jet engine. to our top story now. egypt, troops are stationed around tahrir square. fred krks you describe the scene now? >> reporter: it's much more calm than it was. we expect people to come flocking in here because friday's prayers are starting to end here. in front of me i can see a lot of soldi...

Times," battle for egypt. the writing is on the wall for president mubarak. the egyptian people have spoken. it say this revolt is not only against this regime but a revolt for their rights and dignity. and finally take a look at what "the moscow news" headlines are today. egypt unrest has russia worried. they would question the logic of backing egyptian protesters because it would undermine the legitimacy of crackdowns on the opposition in russia and could invite unwanted outside interference in domestic affairs. if you want to read it in fool go to facebook.com/w 1 cnn. you're watching ""wor...

>> okay. i'm sorry again. we seem to have lost connection with ivan watson. it's quite a dicey situation there when it comes to communications. of course, we will get him back. we will get him back at some point here on cnn, but just to reiterate what he has been saying, we saw that the army is there with tanks creating barricades and that the pro-mubarak supporters are not there, are not in the square. the anti-mubarak supporters are allowed to protest freely there. zain. let's see how newspapers around the world are covering the story. in canada, "times colonist" has the following. after e...

>> president mubarak says he would like to step down right away but he's afraid it would plunge the country into chaos. he said he was fed up and said he had had enough. he said the violence on the streets of egypt troubled him and he blamed it on the banned group muslim brotherhood. he says right now i don't care about my country. i care about my country, i care about egypt. the white house is trying to broker a smooth government. that plan would involve president mubarak immediately rerew signing and his vice president forming an into trim government with military and then elections would ...

Horrible. >> shaken and distraught, passengers arrive back in london on a flight out of egypt organized by the government. it's estimated that a million tourists have left egypt in just the last few days. he's told the states the yeah yos has done major economic damage and it's time for it to end. >> translator: at least in nine days we lost $1 billion only from the tourism, so the continuation of this issue is a destruction of the state and not a call for reform. the youth have to trust the nation. egypt is a strong nation, a state institution, one of the mayor countries in the region, and it...