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Bye bye Mubarak!

The 18 days of protests that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt celebrates.

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Protests against the rule of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, begin in Cairo on January 25, 2011 [AFP]
Published On 12 Feb 2011

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Soldiers guard the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Tahrir Square on January 31 amid fears of looting
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Thousands offer prayers in Tahrir Square on February 1, as plans for a million-man march, to mark one week of demonstrations, are announced [EPA]
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(***)Freedom Hotel(***) as protesters continue to defy curfew [Al Jazeera]
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More than a million anti-government protesters march in cities around the country to demand Mubarak(***)s resignation [AFP]
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Amid social activism, the Egyptian government blocked access to the internet on February 4 to worldwide outrage [GALLO/GETTY]
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Clashes break out between pro-democracy protesters and Mubarak supporters [AFP]
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Protesters and pro-Mubarak supporters continue to clash, as rocks become weapons of choice [Reuters]
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Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, Egypt(***)s defence minister and deputy prime minister, arrives in Tahrir Square on February 4 to talk to anti-government protesters [AFP]
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Thousands of demonstrators descend every day and every night to Tahrir Square [GALLO/GETTY]
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A young protests in Tahrir Square [GALLO/GETTY]
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Thousands show their rage with Mubarak by removing their shoes after his address to the nation on February 10 suggested that he was not willing to concede power [Reuters]
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Thousands assemble on February 11 as demonstrations reach a crescendo [AFP]
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Thousands of demonstrators mass at Egypt(***)s state television building and at Mubarak(***)s palace in the Cairo suburbs as anti-government protests spread across the city [AFP]
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People wait for the Egyptian presidency to make an "urgent and important" statement on state TV [Reuters]
Omar Suleiman, Egypt(***)s vice-president, announces Mubarak has resigned and handed power to army [Reuters]
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Egyptian anti-government protesters react to the news [EPA]
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Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square [Reuters]
A man stands with an Egyptian flag in Beirut as news of Mubarak(***)s resignation spreads around the world [EPA]
Gaza City celebrates Mubarak''s resignation
Hundreds took the streets in Gaza City as Palestinians welcomed the political developments in Egypt [EPA]
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Egyptians in Doha, Qatar, show their delight as news filters in that Mubarak has stepped down [Sara Hassen]