Guardian.co.uk | There is a lot of discussion about the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) lately, particularly concerning to what degree their rise to a position of power in Egypt may be a threat to the west. Carrie Roseksky Wickham, an Egypt-Middle East expert at Emory University gives a reasoned explanation of what exactly the MB is these days and how it operates.

FoxNews | A failed assassination attempt on Egypt's Vice President left two of his bodyguards dead, sources tell Fox News.  A senior Obama administration official confirmed that the attack happened soon after Suleiman was appointed, on Jan. 29. The official described it as an organized attack on Suleiman's motorcade.

Guaradian.co.uk | The Obama administration is working on a plan in which Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, would stand down immediately in spite of claims yesterday he was intent on clinging on to power until the elections in the autumn.  The White House, the state department and the Pentagon have been involved in discussions that include an option in which Mubarak would step down and yield to a transitional government headed by Egyptian vice-president, Omar Suleiman. This plan would have the backing of the Egyptian military, the New York Times reported.

ABC News | ABC's Christiane Amanpour just left the presidential palace in Cairo where she sat down for an exclusive interview with President Hosni Mubarak.  Mubarak told her that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days but that his government is not responsible for it. Instead, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned political party in Egypt.  He told her that he is fed up with being president and would like to leave office now, but cannot, he says, for fear that the country would sink into chaos.