| 5,562,799 |
30.04442 |
31.2357 |
Egypt |
|
Following Friday prayers many protesters gather in Tahrir Square for a mass rally to demand democratic change. |
| 5,562,803 |
30.08843 |
31.28351 |
Egypt |
|
Scores of opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday before being dragged away by security forces. Many of the rioters were able to fight their way into the building before arrest. |
| 5,562,808 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Egypt has banned at least ten Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of Ray LaHood, the US Transport Secretary, raising tensions with Washington over the Egyptian militarys treatment of human rights and democracy-building groups. |
| 5,562,811 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Egyptian protesters demonstrated outside the state-run TV premises, known as Maspero, to demand "purging" of state media of those linked to the former regime |
| 5,562,814 |
30.04442 |
31.2357 |
Egypt |
|
Protests continue in Tahrir Square following the initial gathering to mark the anniversary. |
| 5,562,818 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Armed men scuffle with Maspero television protesters. |
| 5,562,823 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Thousands of protesters marched on Egypt's parliament demanding a swift end to army rule, and some turned their anger on the leading Islamist movement they accused of doing the military's bidding. Some youth members of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won nearly half the seats in the recent parliamentary election, formed a cordon in the street leading to parliament to prevent protesters from approaching the building. "The people want the fall of the Brotherhood," protesters chanted. |
| 5,562,827 |
28.23638 |
33.6254 |
Egypt |
|
A second group of Chinese workers are kidnapped by tribal Bedouins. The group was freed several days later. |
| 5,562,831 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Egyptian police on Thursday fired tear gas at protesters to prevent them from reaching the interior ministry headquarters in Cairo. About 20 people were injured. |
| 5,562,834 |
30.00808 |
31.21093 |
Egypt |
|
Protesters gather in the Giza neighborhood of Mohandessin to denounce police following a deadly soccer riot in Port Said. |
