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<span class="text13"><em>All eyes are fixed on Egypt, where  thousands of people have taken to the streets in an unprecedented  challenge to the thirty-year rule of Hosni Mubarak.</em></span></p>
<p><span class="content"> Since 25 January, escalating protests throughout Egypt, and  especially in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have called for the removal of  President Hosni Mubarak and his regime. Security forces used tear gas,  rubber bullets and in many cases live ammunition in an attempt to  suppress the protests, as the government cut off virtually all internet  and telephone communications to the outside world.</p>
<p>By 30 January, Egyptian medical sources and counts by the Al Jazeera  network put the toll at more than 100 people killed and 4,000 injured.  On 30 January, the Egyptian government withdrew the license and shut  down the bureaus of Al Jazeera, which has the focus of attention  throughout the Arab world for its live and uncensored coverage of the  uprising. However, Al Jazeera and other networks, including the BBC,  have continued to broadcast live from Egypt.</p>
<p>Egyptian and international journalists on the ground in Egypt continued  to report on events in different parts of the country by Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/#/list/avinunu/reporters-in-egypt">Twitter list of reporters in Egypt</a>).</p>
<p>The Electronic Intifada editor and photojournalist Matthew Cassel is also in Cairo, reporting on the developments and <a href="http://justimage.org/">documenting the uprising</a>.</p>
<p>The uprising in Egypt came shortly after the popular protests that  overthrew the US-supported dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia.  Demonstrations have swept across the Arab world, with thousands taking  to the streets in Jordan to call for the removal of the prime minister,  protesters demanded the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who  like Mubarak and Ben Ali has ruled for decades. Thousands also marched  in Algeria for a change in governance.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, thousands of people across the world have stood in solidarity  with the people of Egypt. Demonstrations have taken place outside of  Egyptian consulates and embassies in the United States, Europe, Turkey  and elsewhere.</p>
<p>Governments meanwhile have reacted with caution. The United States and  European governments, caught off guard, called on Egypt to engage in  urgent &#8220;reforms,&#8221; but stopped short of calling for Mubarak to step down.  Arab governments have remained largely silent. Syria&#8217;s Foreign Minister  Walid Muallem, speaking on the BBC, said the uprisings in Tunisia and  Egypt were an &#8220;internal matter.&#8221;</p>
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<td><em><span class="text10">Egyptians call for Mubarak&#8217;s ouster in Cairo, 29 January 2011. (Olivier Corsan/Newscom)</span></em></td>
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<strong>Ongoing updates &amp; coverage at EI&#8217;s web <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/692.shtml" target="_blank">click here: </a><br />
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<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11774.shtml">Effects of Egypt&#8217;s turmoil felt in Gaza Strip</a>,&#8221; Rami Almeghari (2 February 20110</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11773.shtml&#8221;&gt;Undaunted" rel="nofollow">http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11773.shtml&#8221;&gt;Undaunted</a> in Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square,&#8221; Matthew Cassel (2 February 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11772.shtml">A million Egyptians united against Mubarak</a>,&#8221; Cam McGrath (1 February 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11771.shtml">An Egyptian revolution, unplugged</a>,&#8221; Aprille Muscara (1 February 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11770.shtml">Revolution spreads to Egypt&#8217;s deprived Sinai</a>,&#8221; Mohammed Omer (1 February 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11769.shtml">Egypt&#8217;s revolution inspires Gaza&#8217;s youth</a>,&#8221; Mohammed Rabah Suliman (1 February 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11767.shtml">Egypt protesters: &#8216;Security vacuum serves Mubarak&#8217;s interest&#8217;</a>,&#8221; Cam McGrath (31 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11766.shtml">Global mobilization in support of Egyptian uprising</a>,&#8221; The Electronic Intifada (31 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11765.shtml">As Arabs rise up, US activists must too persevere</a>,&#8221; Maureen Clare Murphy (31 January 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11764.shtml">Video: Mass uprising in Cairo&#8217;s Imbaba neighborhood</a>,&#8221; Philip Rizk (30 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11763.shtml">From the front lines of the Egyptian uprising</a>,&#8221; Matthew Cassel (30 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11762.shtml">Egypt&#8217;s uprising and its implications for Palestine</a>,&#8221; Ali Abunimah (29 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11761.shtml">Palestinians in Gaza react to Egypt, Tunisia uprisings</a>,&#8221; Pam Bailey (29 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11759.shtml">Mubarak regime shuts down Internet in futile attempt to stop protests</a>,&#8221; Cam McGrath (28 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11758.shtml">Egypt protesters defy curfew despite brutal repression</a>,&#8221; Cam McGrath (28 January 2011)</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11753.shtml">Demonstrators call for Mubarak&#8217;s ouster</a>,&#8221; Emad Mekay (27 January 2011)</li>
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