By Miret el Naggar

Al Masry Al Yom (independent daily newspaper)

- State Security arrested Mohamed al Dureini, representative of the minority Shiite group in Egypt, and is questioning him over a book he published in 2006. State security accuses Dureini of spreading false rumors about torture in prisons in his books "Capital of Hell." The charges include contempt of religions, and attempting to spread the Shiite faith. Dureini heads the Shiite research center Aal al-Beit. Earlier this week another Shiite activist, Mohamed Subh was detained on charges of "stirring troubles by spreading false rumors about torture in Egypt. Subh heads the Imam Ali human rights center.

-Students from the Muslim Brotherhood group demonstrated yesterday in protest to the arrest of their colleague Ali Barakat. Barakat was entering the Cairo University campus to take part in a celebration the group organized, when he was "snatched" by State Security officers.

Al Dustour (opposition daily newspaper)

- The National Democratic Party's elections brought in supporters of Gamal Mubarak, to further facilitate his inheriting his father's position as president.

-"Gamal Mubarak is in control of the economic sector, his men now run it, after he took control over the political decision in Egypt," wrote Talaat al Sadat in al Dustour. Talaat al Sadat is nephew of assassinated former President Anwar al Sadat, the first Arab president to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1978. Talaat al Sadat was just released from prison, after spending a year their for "spreading false rumors likely to agitate public opinion," after he called his uncle's assassination an "international conspiracy."

-There were three phases between 79-year-old President Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian people since he took power in 1981:

Phase One: A hopeful atmosphere, when Egyptians were optimistic, and when President Mubarak made a lot of promises.

Phase Two: The Egyptian people grew tired of Mubarak's promises, which he didn't act upon. Mubarak's language also changed from promises, to pointing out how much the state is trying improve conditions, and how worldwide countries face internal problems. Another feature of the '90s is that Egyptians kept their frustration contained and were too afraid to speak out.

Phase Three: "Down with Hosni Mubarak" is the new slogan of the new millennium. Egyptians after two decades of frustration and failed promises vent their anger at the dictator who ruled and only drove the nation further into poverty and misery. Even the traditional fear of the security forces vanished and was replaced by street protests and strikes by workers, students and peasants.