- Title: EGYPT: Protesters hold Friday prayers in various locations around Cairo
- Date: 12th February 2011
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 11, 2011) (REUTERS) WIDE OF PRAYERS IN TAHRIR SQUARE VARIOUS PRAYERS IN THE SQUARE CAIRO, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 11, 2011) (REUTERS) ARMY TANKS CORDONING OFF ENTRANCE TO STATE TV BUILDING SOLDIERS ON TOP OF TANK EGYPTIAN NATIONAL TV BUILDING EGYPTIAN FLAG ARMY TANKS PANNING TO PROTESTERS PRAYING PRAYERS TILT DOWN FROM TV BUILDING TO PROTESTERS PL
- Embargoed: 27th February 2011 12:00
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- Location: Egypt, Egypt
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Domestic Politics,Religion
- Reuters ID: LVAC33E92Y7XWJ52W8J79KM3ARU1
- Story Text: Anti-regime protesters held prayers in Tahrir Square, the state TV building and parliament on Friday (February 11) ahead of of a day protest to try and oust Hosni Mubarak and his apparatus of power.
Thousands prayed infront of the state-run tv building surrounded by tanks and barbed wire. The protesters who were originally sitting in nearby Tahrir Square marched to the Egyptian state TV building on Thursday night enraged by President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to step down after rumours swirled for hours that he was leaving office.
Hundreds of protesters perform al-Jummu'a [Friday] prayer amid the tents and blankets near Egypt's parliament. Protesters intend to move from there to the presidential palace as soon as they finished prayers.
"You [Mubarak] should to resign because if you do not, you will kill your sons [Egyptian protesters]. Your latest speech tries to disunite both of army and people and we have got your message. But we said that the army and people are joint hands. And we are insisting to continue our protestation. And we will move directly to the presidential palace as soon as we finished the Friday prayer," Megahed said.
The guarantees were seen as an army push to calm the worst crisis in Egypt's modern history but a clear signal it wanted demonstrators off the streets and an end to an 18-day revolt which has disrupted the economy and shaken the Middle East.
"We are intending to move to the presidential palace if we do not receive any new news about Mubarak's resignation. And we are respecting the army because they are supporting us," the protester Nour said - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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