NZ HERALD - Cairo the new 'Berlin' as troops man wall. Nov 25, 2011

"In a stark illustration of the divide that now separates Cairo's demonstrators from the Military Council, the Egyptian army yesterday erected a 2.5m-high breezeblock wall on Mohamed Mahmoud St, the road leading off Tahrir Square which has seen the worst of the violence that has claimed dozens of lives this week.
"Cairo has become Berlin," joked a protester, Ibrahim Abdul Ghani, as he looked at the wall, which blocks one of the main access routes to the Interior Ministry. Troops manning another main road leading to the ministry set up steel barriers and coils of barbed wire, suggesting the military is intent on defusing the prolonged street clashes that have threatened to derail elections.
But in a press conference yesterday members of the Military Council did little to calm the protesters, rejecting a key demand of those camped out in Tahrir Square by saying an immediate handover to civilian rule would represent a "betrayal" of the country."

BBC News - Egypt protests: Mass rally in Cairo ahead of election, Nov 25, 2011

"Tens of thousands of protesters have packed into central Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand that Egypt's military rulers step aside.
The demonstrators want the postponement of elections due to start on Monday.
Prime Minister-designate Kamal Ganzouri has said he will not form a new cabinet until after the polls.
The latest wave of protests has led to the worst violence since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in February. More than 40 people have been killed.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) is overseeing a transition to civilian rule.
Despite promises by the council to speed up the process, some protesters fear it intends to cling to power. They want military rule to end before parliamentary elections are held.
Yet many Egyptians want the polls to go ahead as planned. One influential group, the Muslim Brotherhood - which is expected to do well in the vote - is not supporting the Tahrir Square protests."

TIMES of India - Egypt army picks new PM, protesters plan mass rally on Friday, Nov 25, 2011

"CAIRO: Egyptian former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri accepted a request from the ruling generals to form a new government, state media reported, but protesters brushed away their choice and vowed to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand the army quit power.
Ganzouri confirmed he had agreed in principle to lead a national salvation government after meeting with the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the website of state newspaper Al Ahram reported, citing sources close to Ganzouri.
In an attempt to defuse protests by thousands of Egyptians frustrated by nine months of military rule, the army council promised parliamentary elections would start on time next week. It earlier said it would speed up the timetable for a handover from military to civilian presidential rule."

FIJI LIVE - Public sector gets 3-9 per cent pay rise, Nov 25, 2011

"Fiji’s police, doctors and nurses are the big winners as civil servants and disciplined forces are to get pay rises of between three to nine per cent from 2012.
The Police Force, with a nine per cent pay rise, and doctors and nurses - six per cent – get the largest increases.
Announcing the 2012 Budget in Suva today, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the pay rise was not a cost of living adjustment, but an adjustment to make the sector more competitive with the private sector.
“Government employees should not take a back seat to workers in the private sector.
“Pay is an important incentive for keeping highly skilled and talented Fijians from leaving the government for jobs in the private sector,” he said."