Huge, peaceful crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square proclaims Mubarak's rule is ending
By Griff WitteWashington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
CAIRO - A massive and highly expectant crowd of pro-democracy demonstrators converged on this capital city's central plaza Tuesday, energized by the belief that their week-old movement is on the verge of ousting President Hosni Mubarak.
By early afternoon, Tahrir Square was filled near capacity, with supporters still streaming in from every direction and spilling onto side streets. Similar protests were underway in cities across Egypt.
The uprising has been organic, decentralized and run without high-profile leaders, and it remains unclear whether it can muster the force necessary to topple this nation's deeply entrenched establishment.
Mubarak has so far shown no willingness to end his 30-year rule. But the United States and other key allies are beginning to speak more clearly about the need for change, and protesters are increasingly optimistic.
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2 Comments:
Pray for Egypt.
Egyptian government should take some critical moves for improvements,in robbing the people and what they need and the policy of Mubarak must change to concentrate more on the interior issues, not on the exterior issues. To concentrate more about the people and their needs, and the low standard people.people's annual income,etc.because it's their right.thanks for sharing this...
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