- Title: Highlights of main world events 2010-2013
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: 2011 On January 25, anti-government protests, publicised on social media websites, began across Egypt. Thousands of demonstrators voiced their anger, complaining of poverty and repression in a "Day of Wrath", and, in unprecedented scenes, police fought with thousands of Egyptians who defied a government ban to protest against President Hosni Mubarak. On February 1, more than a million people around Egypt took to the streets, calling for an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule. On the 17th day of protests, Mubarak announced on February 10 that a national dialogue was under way to transfer power to the vice-president, but he refused to leave office immediately, as demanded by protesters. A day later, Mubarak was forced to step down and a military council was formed to run the country's affairs. Scenes of mass jubilation could be seen across the country with hundreds of thousands packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square to celebrate the dawn of what they believed would be a new Egypt. CAIRO, EGYPT (FILE - JANUARY 25, 2011) (REUTERS) PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING: "MUBARAK DEGAGE" PROTESTERS SCUFFLING WITH POLICE POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS AT PROTESTERS CAIRO, EGYPT (FILE - FEBRUARY 2, 2011) (REUTERS) CROWD OF PRO-MUBARAK PROTESTERS HEADING TOWARDS TAHRIR SQUARE VARIOUS OF HORSES AND CAMELS WITH THE CROWD OF PRO-MUBARAK PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF BOTH SIDES CONFRONTING EACH OTHER
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