Mubarak shuffles cabinet but protesters say "Go!"

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak overhauled his government on Monday to try to defuse a popular uprising against his 30-year rule but angry protesters rejected the changes and said he must surrender power.

On the seventh consecutive day of unrest in the Arab world's most populous nation, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square chanting "Get out ... We want you out" and singing Egypt's national anthem.

Troops backed by tanks made no effort to disperse the crowd.

"This is all nonsense," said protester Omar el-Demerdash, 24, a research executive, adding:

"The demand is clear: We want Mubarak and his men to get out. Anything other than that is just not enough."

Egypt's powerful army now appears to hold the key to Mubarak's fate. Although the generals have held back from crushing the revolt, they have not withdrawn support for him.

The uprising, unprecedented in scale and intensity in this once tightly-controlled country, erupted last week when frustration over repression, corruption, poverty and the lack of democracy under Mubarak boiled over.

About 140 people were killed in clashes with security forces in scenes that overturned Egypt's standing as a stable country, promising emerging market and attractive tourist destination.

Mozambican culture baobab died aged 75

Maputo, 05th Jan(GMN) - From politics to the arts, there were many expressions of regret at the disappearance of Malangatana Valente Nguenha painter, died today at the Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal.

Many comment on the disappearance of Mozambican painter

"I was very shocked by this tragic news, " said Joaquim Chissano, former president of Mozambique.

"I do not understand how Malangatana who looked like a healthy person and traveled with a huge capacity, dies so suddenly, "confesses the architect Pancho Guedes.

 

"He understood that the cultures were mulatto. It's a huge void his death, but leaves a great legacy, "said Mia Couto.

"It's a great loss. To the world. Malangatana won this dimension. Beyond the borders of Mozambique and Africa. This loss is irreparable, "said Domingos Simões Pereira, executive secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).

"The work has a very strong identity. When we look at a piece of Malangatana immediately say it's Malangatana. Has authored a very strong, " said Isabel Carlos, director of the Centre of Modern Art, Gulbenkian.

"What can one speak about a culture baobab and one of the most representative painter of Africa? The African culture is bereft. I do not know what we will become without Malangatana, "said the Mozambican painter Naguib.

Born June 6, 1936, District of Marracuene Malangata was one of the most famous Mozambican artists worldwide, having been in 1997, named "Artist of Peace" by UNESCO.