EGYPT: Protesters demand Mubarak's head

  1. Posted on Wednesday 26 January 2011 - 09:05
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    Kingsley Kobo, AfricaNews reporter in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
    Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on Tuesday calling for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the Arab world's most populous nation for nearly three decades, French Radio FRI said. Braving tight police security, the Tunisia-inspired demonstrators marched for hours across the streets in the capital Cairo, and in Alexandria, Ismailia and Mehalla.
    Egypt: Protesters call for the departure of President
    The hugest gathering took place at Tahrir centre in Cairo, where youths, carrying placards with hostile messages, chanted “Mubarak must go”, “Tunisia solution is the best,” AFP said.

    Riots police used teargas to disperse the crowd, but instead the gathering thickened, according to eyewitnesses.

    Participants said they were calling for “freedom and social justice”, and wanted President Mubarak deposed like the Tunisians did to ex-President Ben Ali.

    Local sources said the protesters were not drawn from political parties or religious groups, but were a mixture of the entire Egyptian society.

    Three people were reported killed, according to police sources.

    Micro-broadcasting website Twitter was shut down in Egypt on Tuesday because authorities said it was use to organize the protest.

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