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Scores Injured in South Egypt‎ Clashes

(Mosaic Video Alert: February 9, 2011) Press TV reports violence escalated in southern Egypt's city of el-Kharga, where security forces fired live ammunition at protesters. Angry protesters then attacked police and government buildings. More than 300 people have been killed so far in Egypt's protests. 

 

 

 
 

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Unions Boost Egypt Protests

(Al Jazeera English: 0800 PST, February 9, 2011) Thousands have gathered in Tahrir Square and surrounded Egypt's parliament to continue their call for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. Three independent unions have joined them, meaning that, in addition to the protests, many workers are on strike in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez demanding better pay. But Mubarak is still in office and is refusing to step down. Alan Fisher reports from Cairo.

 

 

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Egypt Uprising: Latest Update from Cairo

(Al Jazeera English: 1600 PST, February 8, 2011) After a day that saw a fresh wave of protests and demonstrations around Egypt's parliament building, the current situation in Cairo has "quietened down considerably," according to Al Jazeera's correspondent on the ground in Egypt.

 

 

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Egypt's Last Three Revolutions

(Mosaic Video Alert: February 8, 2011) Lebanon's New TV recounts the history of Egypt's last three revolutions: Starting with the "Orabi Revolt" that fought against Khedive and British control of Egypt, to the "Free Officers Movement" that unseated the Egyptian monarchy and replaced it with a republic, and concludes with the "Bread Riots" that led to Anwar Sadat's assassination in 1981.

 

 
 

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Protesters Insist Mubarak Must Go

(Al Jazeera English: 0820 PST, February 8, 2011) Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has been meeting the foreign minister for the United Arab Emirates and announced a roadmap for changes. Mubarak set up three different committees to tackle the changes, but for the protesters in Tahrir Square it is not enough.

 

The protesters want the president and the government to go now, they want free elections, and a whole new beginning. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.

 

 

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