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After being released by the authorities, Google executive Wael Ghonim addresses the crowds in Tahrir Square.
2011-02-9

Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship.
2011-02-6

U.S. TV coverage of the uprising in Egypt is criticised for being both pessimistic and superficial and for its focus on what events mean for the U.S. and its regional allies.
2011-02-5

Mohamed ElBaradei, of the Egyptian opposition, raises concerns that clashes in Cairo could escalate into a "bloodbath".
2011-02-2

Mubarak supporters, rumored to be directed by the Mubarak regime, protest in central Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, attacking anti-government protestors with stones, knives and Molotov cocktails.
2011-02-2

The Government of Australia sends a QANTAS jet to evacuate Australians trapped in Egypt while the United States Government charters jets to evacuate its citizens.
2011-01-31

Al-Jazeera claims that six of its journalists are in police custody.
2011-01-31

Thousands of people gather in front of the United Nations in New York City to support the anti-government protests.
2011-01-29

Young people in Egypt form a human chain to protect the Egyptian Museum from further attacks.
2011-01-29

Irish financial crisis. Widespread speculation that senior bondholders of Irish banks will have to take a "haircut" -- i.e. share in the costs of an EU bailout -- leads to downgrades in the credit worthiness of the institutions that hads the most at stake in the ballooning property values of recent years.
2010-11-26