‘Day of anger’ in Egypt

CAIRO ‘ Several hundred thousand Egyptians massed Tuesday for the biggest outpouring of anger yet in their drive to oust President Hosni Mubarak, on day eight of a revolt in which an estimated 300 have died. Demonstrators flooded Cairo’s Tahrir square protest epicentre from early morning for a ‘march of a million’ set for the capital and second city Alexandria as foreign governments scrambled to evacuate their nationals. The opposition said it would not negotiate with Mubarak, with Mohamed ElBaradei, who is emerging as a leader of anti-regime protests, telling Al-Arabiya satellite channel that Mubarak should go by Friday. A committee of opposition groups, which includes ElBaradei and the…

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‘Day of anger’ in Egypt

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