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The Egyptian Ministry for Health estimates that at least 365 people were killed and 5,500 injured in the 2011 Egyptian protests.
2011-02-16

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

At least three people are killed as a result of gunfire in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
2011-02-3

An ABC News crew are carjacked and threatened with decapitations by pro-Mubarak supporters.
2011-02-3

Hamas officials shut the Rafah Border Crossing "for several days" as guards on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza flee. This prevents hundreds of Palestinians from crossing into Egypt.
2011-01-30

Egyptian authorities extend the curfew hours they are imposing on the people of Egypt. The government threatens to open fire on any person who disobeys its rule.
2011-01-30

The protests continue as Egyptian Army tanks surround Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision based in Basel, Switzerland, increases capital requirements for banks around the world to be introduced on 1 January 2015.
2010-09-13