Broad Protests Across Egypt Focus Fury on Mubarak.

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Source: NYT

Thousands of people calling for the end of the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak clashed with riot police here in the capital and in other Egyptian cities on Tuesday, on a day of some of the most serious civil unrest in recent memory. . .

The protesters, mobilized largely on the Internet and energized by recent events in Tunisia, occupied one of the city’s most famous squares for hours, beating back attempts to dislodge them by police officers wielding tear gas and water cannons.

“Freedom, freedom, freedom,” they chanted. “Where are the Egyptian people?”




Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/world/middleeast/26egypt.html?hp

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1. K&R Salon have a good list of links to coverage by different news orgs.

With videos and photos, here: http://www.salon.com/news/middle_east/?story=/news/feature/2011/01/25/egypt_anti_government_protests_mubarak">Riots erupt in Egypt as protesters demand end to Mubarak regime

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2. PHOTOS: Thousands protest in Egypt

Click on the images for full screen: http://www.globalpost.com/gallery/egypt/110125/egypt-protests-photos