Al Jazeera says journalists freed in Egypt

Qatar-based new channel Al Jazeera said six of its English service journalists were released in Egypt hours after being detained on Monday, a day after the news network was told to shut down its operations in the country.

Qatar-based new channel Al Jazeera said six of its English service journalists were released in Egypt hours after being detained on Monday, a day after the news network was told to shut down its operations in the country.

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Al Jazeera, which also saw its signal to some parts of the Middle East cut on Sunday, reported the release in Cairo in a news alert on its Arabic channel. Security forces seized a camera from its staff, it said.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Egypt demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian 30-year rule, in protests that have sent shockwaves through the Arab world.