EGYPT: Protesters arrive in Tahrir Square to rally for end of President Hosni Mubarak's regime

Record ID: 777562

  • Title: EGYPT: Protesters arrive in Tahrir Square to rally for end of President Hosni Mubarak's regime
  • Date: 5th February 2011
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 4, 2011) (REUTERS) WIDE OF BRIDGE LEADING TO TAHRIR SQUARE MEDIUM SHOT OF BRIDGE LEADING TO SQUARE/PROTESTERS WALKING TOWARDS SQUARE MORE OF PROTESTERS WALKING PAN OF BRIDGE WITH PROTESTERS WALKING TOWARDS SQUARE TANK NEAR BRIDGE/SOLDIERS BY TANK SOLDIERS UNDER BRIDGE 7 GENERAL VIEW OF TAHRIR SQUARE/PROTESTERS BEHIND BARRIERS CROWDS IN TAHRIR SQUARE CLOSE OF CROWDS/ BANNER READING IN ARABIC: DOWN WITH MUBARAK VIEW OF TAHRIR SQUARE BANNER READING: 'PEOPLE DEMAND REMOVAL OF THE REGIME' (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABU SAHL, WHO SPENT YEARS IN JAIL FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM MOVEMENT, SAYING "I call upon all the free people in the movement to join the Egyptian popular uprising it is our chance to get rid of the ruling authority our movement had been hurt more than anyone by them (ruling authority)." BANNER READING: 'PEOPLE DEMAND REMOVAL OF THE REGIME' (SOUNDBITE) (English) WALID ALANSARI FROM MAHAL ALKUBRA, SAYING: "Everybody in Egypt want (Mubarak) leave now not tomorrow. All things destroyed what do you want from people now, Hosni Mubarak, leave now." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUEING AT TAHRIR SQUARE TO USE TOILET (SOUNDBITE) (English) AHMED ABDULLAH MOHAMAD, SAYING "I will stay here forever or Mubarak want him to leave now. Please Mubarak live the people, if you really love this country please leave this country." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO TAHRIR SQUARE - TANK IN BACKGROUND
  • Embargoed: 20th February 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAB4H3HYY89PLJG3RMJCP5HADUG
  • Story Text: Protesters arrived in their thousands at Tahrir Square on Thursday (February 4) just before Friday prayers begin in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
    The protesters are hoping to mass another million-strong rally to speed the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
    The United States, long the ally and sponsor of the 82-year-old former general and his politically influential army, were also working behind the scenes to have him hand over power.
    Mubarak has insisted his departure would bring chaos. That has not discouraged protesters, ranging from Internet-aware young secularists to the powerful mass Islamist movement the Muslim Brotherhood, from declaring the "Day of Departure".
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