Egyptian Protests Set to Reach Climax

(Al Jazeera English: 1715 PST, January 31, 2011) Organizers are gearing up for the largest turnouts yet on the seventh day of demonstrations and marches throughout Egypt. Protesters have flooded the streets almost around the clock since the January 25th "Day of Anger," and one week later tensions are reaching a breaking point. The Egyptian Army today declared that it would not fire on protesters, setting the stage for a culmination of the largest public displays of dissent that the country has ever seen, with the population united in their goal to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

 

 

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