(BBC) Egypt protests: US call to Hosni Mubarak's government

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

The US has called on the Egyptian government to immediately lift the country’s emergency laws, which have been in place for 30 years.

Vice-President Joe Biden made the call during a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Omar Suleiman.

It came after a day of renewed anti-government protests in Cairo and other Egyptian cities.