If you're on Facebook, this group has been set up listing protests at Egyptian embassies around the world. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158147054233898
It's been reported that at least two of the dead were children, aged seven and four.
The military has a presence on the streets, but they are not getting involved in the protests and are not pushing the people back. Some conscripts have said that the tanks are not loaded with heavy shells, only small ammunitions and gunfire. So it doesn't look like the military is in a position to disperse the people; they are just trying to keep law and order. Many don't expect them to use widespread violence to try to disperse the protestors.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has, unsurprisingly, backed Mubarak, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
"No Arab or Muslim can tolerate any meddling in the security and stability of Arab and Muslim Egypt by those who infiltrated the people in the name of freedom of expression, exploiting it to inject their destructive hatred," Abdullah said.
"As they condemn this, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people and government declares it stands with all its resources with the government of Egypt and its people."
The agency said Mubarak assured the king that everything was under control in Egypt, Reuters reports.
The Washington Post has called on Obama to break ties with Mubarak. The editorial calls on the White House to use its considerable influence over the Egyptian president to bring about a peaceful transition of power.
It should be noted that reports that ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest are thought to be inaccurate, according to our correspondents in Cairo. ElBaradei told Al Jazeera today that no such restriction had been imposed on him, although he had not yet tried to leave the house.
[hide] More details on the protest in Tahrir Square from AP. The news agency reports that the demonstration began peacefully with few police seen in the crowds.
"But then police opened fire on some people in the crowd near the Interior Ministry and a number of them were wounded by gunshots. It was not clear whether they used rubber bullets or live ammunition.
One army captain joined the demonstrators, who hoisted him on their shoulders while chanting slogans against Mubarak. The officer ripped a picture of the president.
"We don't want him! We will go after him!" demonstrators shouted. They decried looting and sabotage, saying: "Those who love Egypt should not sabotage Egypt!"
The demonstrators did not appear satisfied with Mubarak's dismissal of the cabinet last night, the news agency added.
"What we want is for Mubarak to leave, not just his government," Mohammed Mahmoud, a demonstrator, said. "We will not stop protesting until he goes."
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[hide] Egyptian state television reports that looters broke into the Egyptian Museum during protests last night and destroyed two ancient mummies, Reuters reports.
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said: "I felt deeply sorry today when I came this morning to the Egyptian Museum and found that some had tried to raid the museum by force last night. Egyptian citizens tried to prevent them and were joined by the tourism police, but some [looters] managed to enter from above and they destroyed two of the mummies."
The museum in central Cairo, which has the world's biggest collection of Pharaonic antiquities, is adjacent to the headquarters of Mubarak's NDP party, which protesters set ablaze yesterday.
The museum houses tens of thousands of objects in its galleries and storerooms, including most of the King Tutankhamen collection.
It should be noted that Guardian reporter Jack Shenker earlier commented that the government might try to use public disorder as an excuse to step up their crackdown on the protests.
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Apparently, protestors and security forces are standing side by side relaxedly.