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Le point hier soir avec déroulé, heure par heure, minute par minute ( ndlr)

Mercredi, 26 janvier 2011 - 7h32 AM

Wednesday 26 January 2011

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Indeed, we ought to be grateful for Internet, without which we could not know what is going on in the streets of Egypt today.

Apparently, Twitter has been blocked by TEData and Vodafone Egypt, so people on the street are not able to make use of it, but Facebook is alive and well, and I am getting real time reports of what is happening.

Ever since Tunisia’s ongoing Jasmine revolution, pundits and world leaders have been weighing in about the probability of this movement spreading to other countries in the Arab world.

In fact, there was a report a few days ago about the Arab Economic Summit , in which leaders were so spooked that they pledged billions of dollars toward economic development in an effort to relieve some of the frustration felt by their citizens.

At the time, we also reported that this would not be sufficient, as the problems in the Arab world are not confined to economy. There are civil and human rights which are trampled on daily.

Egypt has been under the microscope, where aging President Mubarak is considering running for a sixth term, and is being challenged by opposition parties and calls from the US to show more transparency in the electoral process. However, until today, most have indicated that because of the brutality of the Egyptian police, it was unlikely that Egypt’s citizens would take to the streets and emulate Tunisia’s ouster of their dictator-no-more Zine El Abidin Ben Ali.

The Facebook page ’We are all Khaled Said’ has been keeping us informed about developments.

Here is a rundown of what has been happening in the hours leading up to the protests:

Sunday at 6:36pm Tuesday 25th January will be the start of the Egyptians peaceful uprising for their rights....

Newsweek article about our planned protest and the “We are all Khaled Said” page

16 hours ago An Egyptian who is almost 60 years old has cut his hand veins today in front of the High Court. He says in the video that he works for the government and he earns 67 Egyptian pounds a month (about 12 dollars a month) and he has not been paid by the government for four years!!! Some corrupt Egyptian government officials... own whole islands and have millions of Egyptian pounds. Egyptian government corruption has no limits. See Youtube video here.

5 hours ago Protesters at the High Court break down the Police siege and run towards Tahrir square. Our reporters say: Amazing scenes there. Very large crowd in Mohandesin. Police cordon is broken and police is now surrounded by protesters for the first time in Egypt’s history.

4 hours ago About 1 thousand protesters now in Port Said street in Mansoura; people on the ground say at least 10 thousand protesters in Mohandesin (Gamet el dewal street) and Police has completely lost control of the protest.

3 hours ago In few minues: Live Interview at 3:40 Cairo time (8:40am EST) on US live national morning radio show about Egypt protests. A co-production of New York Times and BBC. Click listen live on http://www.thetakeaway.org/ top left corner.

2 hours ago Confirmed: Tahrir Square is now COMPLETELY ours. Egyptian Police now is only worried about protecting their head quarters: Ministry of interior.

about an hour ago Around 2500 protesters in Mansoura now. All protesters arrested have been freed. One of our correspondants has confirmed that 20 thousands are marching in Alexandria and some police officers are walking with them. Police has no control whatsoever

27 minutes ago From the Guardian reporter: Protesters emerged stumbling from white clouds of tear gas, coughing and covering their faces with scarves. Some had blood streaming down their faces. One man fainted. Police dragged some away and beat a journalist, smashing her glasses and seizing her camera.

17 minutes ago Mobile phone network has now been cut off in Tahrir area. No cell phone network all over Tahrir, Central Cairo area. We temp lost connection with people there. Message to Egyptian Police: Don’t worry, we have prepared other methods for it.

15 minutes ago Is the message clear enough? Did Egyptians make themselves clear enough? or do you need any more clarification???

Will continue to report with videos and slide shows as they are available.

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Breaking: The revolution comes to .....Egypt? - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/breaking-the-revolution-comes-to-egypt#ixzz1C7dkOsZQ