Protestors in Egypt Take to Streets in 'Day of Revolt'

The uprising appears to be inspired by protests in Tunisia

By U.S. News Staff

January 25, 2011 RSS Feed Print
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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Cairo to speak out against the government in what activists in an Internet campaign are calling "a day of revolt." At one point, Egyptian police brought out tear gas to subdue the crowds, who are protesting against President Hosni Mubarak and the high unemployment rate in Egypt. The protesters are believed to have been inspired by the revolt that erupted in Tunisia over a week ago.

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Egypt is NOT represented by the people in the square.

Regrettably the reporting of the BBC, Aljazeera and most of the foreign media in Egypt is transmitting a picture to the entire world that the people in Tahrir Square are Egypt.

THEY ARE NOT, the Egyptians are in front of the “TV Stations” crying, tense, anxious and apprehensive by the media inaccurate one sided reports

A catastrophic tragedy to humankind conducted by the Media

Ehab Ahmed of NE 8:29AM February 03, 2011

Who are those protestors in Egypt? Please help me. Is this another radical Muslim takeover attempt. If so, then putting it down with force sounds like a good idea.

Jerry Brothers of MD 1:26PM January 28, 2011

Really? How can you blame one person? That makes no sense. I'm sick of people being so ignorant and not realizing that it takes more than one person to make a decision in the government.

Julie of OH 5:30PM January 27, 2011

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