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The Government of Egypt declares the final day of voting in the election to be a public holiday to encourage turnout.
2014-05-27

The Government of Egypt announces that the Egyptian stock market will reopen on Tuesday.
2011-02-27

Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested.
2011-02-6

Al Jazeera's Cairo office is stormed by "gangs of thugs" who ransack it and set it on fire as attacks on foreign journalists continue.
2011-02-4

Al-Arabiya TV reports that former interior minister Habib Ibrahim El Adly and other former ministers are under house arrest pending an official probe.
2011-02-4

Egyptian protesters continue nationwide demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak for a ninth day.
2011-02-2

At least two million people gather in Tahrir Square in the biggest demonstration since the popular revolution against the Mubarak regime began.
2011-02-1

Mubarak addresses the nation to tell the people of his refusal to leave Egypt, though promises to resign at the end of his term. He tells the people of Egypt that he is "proud of his achievements over the years in serving Egypt and its people".
2011-02-1

The police disappear from the streets of Cairo but civilians fill the void by quickly forming groups to defend homes and important buildings.
2011-01-29

International politicians, including William Hague and Hillary Clinton, speak out in support of the aims of the protesters and ask the Mubarak regime to listen to the people.
2011-01-28