Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced three more cases of the H5N1 virus. Two occurred in Egypt, with one of them being fatal, and the third report was from an H5N1-related death of a Cambodian girl. All three were exposed to dead or sick poultry.

Exportation of Egyptian gas into Israel has finally started again after more than a month due to the unrest in Egypt and the explosion that happened on February 5 at the gas terminal in the Sinai desert. Ampal-American Israel Corp., a partner of East Mediterranean Gas Company, said on Wednesday that supply to Israel had resumed on Tuesday.

The turmoil in Egypt, which finally led to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak, has clearly revealed the power of social media, mobile devices and the web, for organizing as well as informing people.

The current violence in Egypt is actually becoming a concern for the people of the world who are making all the possible efforts to make sure that the situation is addressed carefully and peace is restored in the country. There are a lot of cases where we see that people are getting injured and lives are being lost.

The most recent release of WikiLeaks related to Egypt or MENA is strong reaction to increasing Mubarek protests. In November 2008, an out of ordinary information was revealed by the cable, which reported that in 2007, the State Department had a talk with YouTube in order to transcribe the videos posted by Egyptian bloggers which showed abuses in Egypt.

Brent crude went above one hundred and three dollars on Thursday after vicious clashes in Egypt increased the possibilities of further unrest across the Middle East, intensifying the bearish effect of rising gasoline inventories in top consumer, the United States.

With the protests still going on in Egypt, the international community is relying on journalists with satellite phones for real-time updates. Since the Government has made the internet inaccessible for the people of Egypt all the updates concerning the protests calling for Hosni Mubarak to resign after 30 years in power are being made available by the journalists.

Two key companies have declared indefinite closures of their overseas operations in Egypt, with citizens of the country protesting their government for over a week.

The political turmoil in Egypt claiming immediate resignation of President Mubarak who himself though is reluctant to oblige to the public demand had put The Chinese leadership under some botheration. The authorities of the Chinese leadership fears that news of political unrest in Egypt can initiate a movement similar to that in China claiming political reforms.

Leaders are said to have assembled in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum in the wake of the protests in Egypt. As the protests persist to intensify and get worse, the leaders reportedly addressed them and the communication shutdown in the country.