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Live blog Feb 7 - Egypt protests

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(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)

10:07pm  Wael Ghonim, head of Google's Middle East operations, has been released by Egyptian security forces. He spoke to Egyptian On TV about his ordeal.

First of all my sincere condolences for all the Egyptians that lost their lives. I am really sorry for their loss, none of us wanted this. We were not destroying things.

We all wanted peaceful protests, and our slogan was 'no to vandalism'.

Please don't turn me into a hero' I am not a hero, I am someone that was asleep for 12 days.

The real heroes are the ones that took to the streets, please focus your cameras on the right people.

I am ok. God willing we will change our country, and all the filth that was taking place in the country has to stop. Together we will clean this country," he said.

9:33pm Al Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom reports on how the people of Egypt found community amid Egypt's chaos.
United against their president, demonstrators in Tahrir Square have managed to bridge the country's political divides. 
Despite the difficult conditions, protesters find ways to express themselves, a protestor holds a sign that reads: "leave already [Mubarak], I just got married and i miss my wife!"



 
8:44pm Ahmad Nagib, one of the organisers of the protests in Tahrir Square told Al Jazeera: "We are not scared of being martyred, but we don't want to be shot at the back by state security."

We will continue to protest in Tahrir Square until he [Mubarak] steps down. It is safer for us to camp out here in the open, some of our friends that left the Square were kidnapped and tortured inside the museum by state security.

We are still resilient and we will carry on, real democracy can only be achieved by involving all of us in any talks, but any talks will happen after Mubarak leaves. Our voices have not been represented, and we call for the Egyptian state TV to be prosecuted for playing an instrumental part in inciting hatred towards us and encouraging the 'baltageya' thugs to attack us.

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As it happened: Clashes at the Israel-Lebanon border

At least three Lebanese soldiers and one Israeli soldier have been killed during a skirmish along the border between the two countries.

We'll be live-blogging the latest developments from both Israel and Lebanon throughout the day. (All times are GMT, except where noted.)

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9:00pm: That's all for the live-blogging this evening! But we'll obviously continue to follow this story on the main Al Jazeera Web site in the hours and days to come.

8:15pm: A few other odds and ends we missed earlier today.

First, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, echoed what we've heard from other Israeli officials (including foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman).

5 minutes with... Mark Perry

American journalist Mark Perry reported in March that Gen. David Petraeus, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), asked the Obama administration to include the West Bank and Gaza in CENTCOM's area of responsibility. Petraeus denied the report, but Perry's article nonetheless set off a debate about the military's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Al Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom spoke with Perry about his reporting and the prospects of engagement with Hamas and Hezbollah.

Engaging with Hamas and Hezbollah: Who benefits?

It wasn't exactly news last week when John Brennan, US president Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser, suggested that the US work to strengthen "moderate elements" within Hezbollah. Brennan has made similar comments before - last year, in fact - and the Obama administration just last month walked back rumors that it was planning to engage with the Lebanese group.