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The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower.
2025-04-7

The government threatens a crackdown as the protests spread.
2011-02-9

The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters.
2011-02-8

Anti-government protesters demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for an eleventh day - the "Day of Departure".
2011-02-4

A tense standoff between supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak continues in Cairo, with at least three people killed and 1,500 injured in fighting on Wednesday.
2011-02-3

Several countries, including Greece, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States, announce plans to evacuate citizens from Egypt. Cairo's U.S. embassy schedules flights to so-called safe haven locations in Europe.
2011-01-30

Egypt's information minister cancels licenses and accreditation of staff working for the Al Jazeera international news network. The network's Cairo bureau office is to be shut down by the Egyptian government. An Al Jazeera spokesman describes the move as "an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists".
2011-01-30

Al Jazeera English is unavailable by cable television across most of the United States.
2011-01-30

Two mummies housed at the Egyptian Museum are destroyed and statues are broken into pieces, though ordinary citizens unite to prevent further destruction. The vandals are reported to have been convicts who escaped amid the protests.
2011-01-29

Mubarak orders the army into the streets as buildings and police vehicles burn.
2011-01-28