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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 10:53 AM
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Protesters pack Cairo square (for a "second revolution") over (slow pace of) reforms
Source: Al Jazeera English

Thousands return to Tahrir Square for "day of anger" demonstrations, pressing military rulers for speedier reforms.
Last Modified: 27 May 2011 13:47

Thousands of protesters have returned to downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square for what they called a "second revolution", calling for Egypt's military rulers to speed up the pace of democratic reforms in a country that is still charting its political future.

Protesters streamed into Tahrir Square - the symbolic heart of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak on February 11 - carrying banners reading "Egyptian revolution is not over".

Youth groups that had helped to launch the uprising against Mubarak have dubbed Friday "the second day of anger".

In a Facebook call, the Coalition of the Revolution Youth, which consists of several movements behind the Egyptian uprising, urged protesters to rally for "an end to political corruption."

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/201152711313435236.html
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