Muslim Brotherhood demands that Mubarak government goes

The Muslim Brotherhood, seen as Egypt's biggest organised opposition group, said on Thursday that President Hosni Mubarak and his government had to go to avoid a crackdown on protesters if it was allowed stay in power.

"We demand that this regime is overthrown and we demand the formation of a national unity government for all the factions," the Brotherhood said in a statement broadcast by Al Jazeera. (Reuters)