Cities across Egypt witnessed unprecedented protests on Friday with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets after noon prayers [AFP]
Demonstartors are demanding that President Hosni Mubarak step down. This man wears a T-shirt reading 'Down With Mubarak'. It bears a cross and a crescent as a sign of unity between Christians and Muslims [AFP]
The government had vowed to crack down on demonstrations and arrest those participating in them [GALLO/GETTY]
Protesters have returned to the streets of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for the fifth consecutive day, following violent overnight protests across the country staged in defiance of a curfew [AFP]
Barack Obama, the US president, has urged Mubarak to take concrete steps towards political reform, and to refrain from using violence against thousands of protesters [AFP]
Mubarak ordered troops into Egyptian cities in an attempt to quell street fighting and growing protests [Reuters]
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons against protesters [EPA]
Protesters set fire to the headquarters of the ruling National Democratic party (NDP) in Cairo [AFP]
Protesters set fire to police vehicles to protest the brutal crackdown by security forces [AFP]
Mubarak responded by dismissing the government but he is refusing to step down [AFP]
In a televised address Mubarak said he promised to press ahead with social, economic and political reforms [AFP]
Mubarak's speech is likely to be seen as an attempt to cling to power rather than take concrete steps to address issues like unemployment and rapidly rising food prices [AFP]
Authorities had blocked internet, mobile phone and SMS services in an attempt to disrupt planned demonstrations [EPA]
In the hours before the internet was unplugged, activists used social media inside the country and relayed their messages using contacts in other countries [AFP]
Reuters news agency reported that the police "fired shots" on the protesters [GALLO/GETTY]
The number of people killed in protests is reported to be in the dozens, with at least 23 deaths confirmed in Alexandria, and at least 15 confirmed in Suez, and hundreds more have been seriously injured [GALLO/GETTY]
More than 1,000 were also wounded in Friday's violent protests, which occurred in Cairo and Suez and Alexandria [Reuters]
The unrest was triggered by the overthrow two weeks ago of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [Adam Makary]
As well as in Egypt, Tunisia's uprising also inspired anti-government protests in Jordan, Yemen and elsewhere [EPA]
As clashes intensified, police waded into the crowds with batons and fired volleys of tear gas [GALLO/GETTY]
2 comments:
If Mubarak stays in power, Egypt will certainly become an Islamic Republic similar to the one in Iran. The only way that might, might prevent that outcome is for the country to switch to a genuine parliamentary democracy before it is too late.
I believe sooner or later, Egypt will definitely become an Islamic Republic. But not in any extreme way.
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