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Massive demonstrations across Egypt have called for an end to Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade rule.

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With just eight months to go before a presidential election that could see the ailing Mubarak run for re-election or attempt to hand off power to a successor, protesters in Egypt demanded a solution to the country(***)(***)s grinding poverty and called for "the tyrant" to leave. [Adam Makary]
Published On 26 Jan 2011

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The independent Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt Today) newspaper ran a blunt headline: "A Warning." [Adam Makary]
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More than 80,000 people signed up to protest on a Facebook group set up to organise the event. [Adam Makary]
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A union activist repeated the demands to the crowd in the square by megaphone. [Adam Makary]
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The second day of demonstrations sees protesters weathering tear gas and rubber bullets [Adam Makary/ Al Jazeera]
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Thousands of policemen in riot gear and backed by armored vehicles could be seen on bridges across the Nile, at major intersections and squares as well as outside key installations like the state TV building and the headquarters of Mubarak(***)(***)s ruling National democratic Party in central Cairo. [Adam Makary]
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Police fired around 50 tear gas canisters, filling Tahrir Square with acrid smoke, Al Jazeera(***)s Adam Makary reported on Tuesday. [Adam Makary]
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Demands by the protesters were posted on Facebook and passed around Tahrir Square on slips of paper before police moved in. [Adam Makary]
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Hundreds were injured in the demonstrations, which protesters explicitly linked to Tunisia(***)(***)s popular uprising, which brought down the 23-year government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. [Adam Makary]
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"Down with Hosni Mubarak, down with the tyrant," chanted the crowds in Cairo on Tuesday. "We don(***)(***)t want you!" they screamed. One sign carried by protesters on Tuesday said: "Gamal, take your dad and go." [Adam Makary]
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The protests were Egypt(***)(***)s biggest in years and are likely to fuel dissent in a presidential election year. [Adam Makary]
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The officials said more people are likely to be detained as authorities review police video tapes of the nationwide protests. [Adam Makary]
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Egyptian security officials say up to 200 protesters have been detained during clashes with thousands of Tunisia-inspired demonstrators demanding an end to president Hosni Mubarak(***)(***)s authoritarian rule. [Adam Makary]
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Al Jazeera(***)(***)s Rawya Rageh, reporting from the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, said that more protests were planned, though the streets of Cairo were still reportedly quiet. [Adam Makary]
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Massive demonstrations across Egypt have called for an end to Hosni Mubarak(***)(***)s three-decade rule in what observers say is a rare display of popular anger. [Adam Makary]
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Official numbers said Cairo(***)s protests on Tuesday reached around 10,000 people, while activists estimate the numbers are much higher. [Adam Makary]
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One policeman and two protesters were killed on the first day of protests in Egypt. [Adam Makary]
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Egypt(***)s state-run media downplayed the scale of Tuesday(***)s demonstrations, Al Jazeera(***)s Rawya Rageh reported. [Adam Makary]
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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Cairo for a second day of anti-government protests. [Adam Makary]
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Crowds at the protests chanted (***)Down with Hosni Mubarak!(***) [Adam Makary]
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Hundreds gathered to protest before the Lawyers Syndicate in Cairo, generally perceived as a "safe haven" for demonstrations, since the security forces do not usually interrupt gatherings there. [Adam Makary]
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The Egyptian government issued a ban on protests following the mass action on Tuesday. [Adam Makary]