ahmed shafiq convened the meetg monday. the former aviation minister was appointed as pri misr mubarak on january 29th. the cabinet approved a 15% salary increase for civil servants and military personnel arngn april. the move suggests mubarak is trying to solidify his base in order to stay in power until autumn, when his term expire meanwhile, thousands of demonstrators still occupy tahrir square in central cairo. they're calling for mubarak to step downimmediately. on sunday the government opposition groups began talks on a political transition. but therosts are not satisfied and are calling for another massive rally on tuesday. >>> the sudanese president has accepted the results of a referendum voting overwhelmingly for independence. southern sudan will likely become the 54th african nation injuly. omar al bashir said in a televised address on monday the outcome was the will of the southern people. the rerdu commission announced 98.9% voted for secession. the pl w hd st month. it was in line with a 2005 peace accord betw

protest leaders say they met last night with the prime minister ahmed shafiq and they say mubarek must leave the country or at least give up power. president obama here in the u.s. is warning the egyptian government to avoid violence. >> we are sending a strong and unequivocal message, attacks on reporters are unacceptable. attacks on human rights activists are unacceptable. >> administration officials are talking with their egyptian counterparts about a plan for mubarek to step down immediately. that would be followed by the formation of a temporary government headed by the newly- appointed vice president, omar sulaman and secretary of state hillary clinton today said leaders in the middle east should embrace democratic reforms each if there is a risk of short-term instability. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin is taking part in the remembrances of the late president ronald reagan and spoke at a dinner last night in santa barbara, two days ahead of what would have been reagan's 100th birthday. >> there isn't one replacement for reagan, but there are millions who believe in the gr

and being used against israeli citizens the latest word coming from the egyptian prime minister ahmed shafiq is that there will be no cancellation of the september elections that according to the legislation in this country the president needs to stay in power with if any changes to the constitution are to take place he says that there will be no early exit for mubarak and that what we can live and expect is that the vice president almost in the end will take over but only off to those september elections. today saturday they are and there are discussions that opposition groups will be meeting with particularly with particular people in the government the muslim brotherhood which is the largest opposition group in egypt it's also officially banned has said that they will not be party to those talks they are insisting that mubarak step down but indeed we are noticing a shift both within the opposition group and within the government in terms of wanting to meet each other and wanting to to resolve this conflict as soon as possible because of course in nearly two weeks of the standoff the econo

. >> ( translated ): our main demand is for ahmed shafiq's government to step down. we made mubarak step down and we must make shafiq also step down. shafiq has been appointed by mubarak. he is one of his regime, and we want him to go even if he is leading a government of angels. our second request is the immediate release of all political prisoners who are still in prisons. >> holman: one of the largest demonstrations yet played out in bahrain's capital. many thousands of people gathered in manama waving flags and demanding the government make political concessions. the huge protest blocked miles of roads and highways. and in yemen, government supporters and opponents held rival rallies in the capital, sanaa. and troops opened fire on crowds in aden, wounding 19. in pakistan, an american working for the c.i.a. returned to court in lahore in handcuffs. raymond davis is accused of murdering two pakistanis. he says it was self-defense, but he refused to sign a document outlining the charges. instead, he claimed diplomatic immunity. u.s. officials have demanded his rele

. >> according to the tv station -- >> this is a portion of the news conference with ahmed shafiq earlier today, covered by the all jazeera network. we will lead you to go to the national press club. the president of the press club, mark hamrick, introduced in bernanke, speaking in the future of the u.s. economy. live coverage on c-span. [applause] >> thank you. thank you and good afternoon. i am very pleased to have the chance to be here at the national press club. i'm especially glad to have a conversation with journalists, who write about economic policy from our nation's capital. your job isn't easy, but it is essential. virtually every american is affected by developments in the economics and economic policy. contemporary economic issues are highly complex, and few non specialists have the time or background to master these issues on their own. the public has to rely on diligent reporting, clear thinking, and lucid writing. reporters are determined to go beyond bumper stickers and sound bites to help people understand what they need to know, make the decisions in their personal finan