An angry response from Egypt 's opposition echoed throughout the country after President Mubarak accused the opposition of failing to reach the country's poor through meaningless slogans.

5 alleged members in the "International networking" case were referred to an Egyptian State Security Emergency Court .

Abdul Monem Abdul Maqsoud the Muslim Brotherhood's top defense lawyer asserted that the year 2009 witnessed over 5000 detentions of the movement's members under the so-called emergency law.