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Protests against the Mubarak regime go on nationwide for a seventeenth consecutive day.
2011-02-10

Nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak and his regime continue for a sixteenth day.
2011-02-9

President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now".
2011-02-2

Clashes occur in Cairo and Alexandria between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak with one person dead and 700 injured.
2011-02-2

President Hosni Mubarak meets the military, holding talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman, Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Chief of Staff Sami al-Anan and other senior commanders.
2011-01-30

Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of President Hosni Mubarak and First Lady of Egypt, is reported to have fled to London.
2011-01-29

Omar Suleiman is sworn in as Vice President of Egypt, the first person to hold the office under President Hosni Mubarak, who has reigned for 30 years.
2011-01-29

Further cables reveal the Obama administration wished to maintain its close political and military relationship with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and its belief that Mubarak would "inevitably win" yet another presidential election in 2011.
2011-01-28

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

The army is reported to be out on the streets of Cairo; protesters call for the support of the army in their battle against the Mubarak regime.
2011-01-28