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. The judge has forbidden reporting at the trial.

He also pledged that women would play an active role in the new government as ministers and ambassadors.

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Omar Suleiman, the former security chief and deputy prime minister under Hosni Mubarak's, has been testifying in a closed session at the trial of former boss.

The 74-year-old Suleiman, one of the most secretive figures in Mubarak's government, was Mubarak's point man in dealing with the protesters against his rule. Witnesses confirmed that Suleiman arrived Tuesday morning at the heavily fortified Police Academy on Cairo's outskirts where the trial is being held.

While we were waiting for Erdogan, Arab League secretary-general Nabil El-Araby has been filling time with a pretty juicy speech of his own, according to Jack Shenker in Cairo.

Al-Jazeera Arabic is showing live coverage of the speech.

Erdogan has been delayed in security meetings with Egypt's interim leaders, al-Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports.

'Hand in hand with Erdogan for a common future' reads the billboards plastered along Cairo's 6th October flyover. The image accompanying the slogan is a stirring one, featuring the Turkish prime minister standing before the Turkish and Egyptian flags and clasping his heart - but do the thousands of drivers stuck in traffic below really view Egypt's latest foreign guest as a political saviour?

"The Turkish government's attitude to Israel has been very popular," claimed Egyptian writer Bassem Sabry. "Anyone who thinks they can accurately gauge the varied public reaction to Israel and Turkey is mistaken, but I do know that people don't want a war with Israel - what they want is to believe that they have a voice and that, as Erdogan says, soft power can be used to achieve constructive ends."

Still no sign of Erdogan, but there's no shortage of comment on what his Arab Spring tour means.

He says Tuareg leaders are pushing for the government to accept the former regime loyalists so they don't become fugitives in the West African nation, which has a vast northern desert.

"I have come here to say 'thank you' because he says things no man can say," said Hani, a 21-year-old university student.

In the vicinity of Sebha: 6 Tanks, 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.

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We are a Muslim nation, with a moderate Islam, and we will maintain that. You are with us and support us - you are our weapon against whoever tries to hijack the revolution.

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