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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mubarak-holds-talks-over-economy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Egyptian soldiers search anti-government protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-mubarak-holds-talks-over-economy.jpg" alt="Egyptian soldiers search anti-government protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Egypt&#8217;s president Hosni Mubarak is holding talks with his economy team as thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out on Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square.</p>
<p>The political crisis that engulfed the country since January 25 has cost Egypt an estimated $3.1 billion (£1.9 billion), with the ensuing violence driving a nation once seen as a pillar of stability to the brink of chaos.</p>
<p>The state MENA news agency said Mr Mubarak&#8217;s meetings took place on Saturday morning in the presidential palace in Heliopolis, a Cairo suburb miles away from the events in the city centre.</p>
<p>The report said the oil minister, the financial minister, the Central Bank governor and other top economy officials were present.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, protest leaders said they had met with Egypt&#8217;s prime minister to discuss ways to ease Mr Mubarak out of office so negotiations can begin on the nation&#8217;s future.</p>
<p>Abdel-Rahman Youssef, a youth activist, said he and other protest figures met with Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq late on Friday.</p>
<p>He said the meeting dealt only with ways to arrange Mr Mubarak&#8217;s departure and that protests will continue until that happens.</p>
<p>Under one proposal, Mr Mubarak would deputise vice president Omar Suleiman with his powers and step down &#8220;in some way, either in a real departure or a political one,&#8221; Mr Youssef said.</p>
<p>On Friday, a rally of nearly 100,000 anti-government protesters failed to force the ruler of 30 years to relinquish power despite pressure internationally for a swift exit to allow for a path toward democracy.</p>
<p>The mood among the crowd of several thousand in Tahrir Square was calm, in a marked contrast to clashes earlier in the week between anti-government protesters and Mubarak supporters.</p>
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