Hosni Mubarak finally steps down

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Post by dzlobin » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:13 PM UTC

Hosni Mubarak finally steps down
english.aljazeera.net

Re: Hosni Mubarak finally steps down

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Post by michaelty » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:18 PM UTC

Next time, don't take down your country's Internet.

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Post by buro9 » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:19 PM UTC

There's great live coverage on the BBC at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

It looks like a carnival erupted at Tahrir Square when word got out. It was pretty vibrant before, but euphoria is clearly evident.

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Post by alain94040 » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:27 PM UTC

Flagged per the guidelines: if it's on TV, it doesn't belong here :-)

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Post by modernerd » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

michaelty wrote: post #2

Next time, don't take down your country's Internet.

"If you want people to stay at home and do nothing, you should turn the internet back on." --- Conan O’Brian’s advice to Egypt

Regardless, the turnout and determination of the Egyptian people is an inspiration. Great to see the beginnings of a positive outcome.

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Post by goatforce5 » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

Watching Al Jazeera's live stream and they had one of their journalists on the phone from the square. She expressed excitement and delight that Mubarak was gone. The host guy back in the studio pointed out the journalist on the phone had been impartial up until now, and basically apologised for her expressing her opinion.

I thought that was pretty classy.

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Post by russnewcomer » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

Mubarak handing power to the army probably means that the regime lives on, Mubarak's just not in charge of it anymore. Egypt's issues aren't settled now, this is only a step and it remains to be seen if real, true, democratic change is going to happen.

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Post by Qz » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:30 PM UTC

buro9 wrote: post #3

There's great live coverage on the BBC at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 It looks like a carnival erupted at Tahrir Square when word got out. It was pretty vibrant before, but euphoria is clearly evident.

The carnival has actually been there for days now...

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Post by motters » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:33 PM UTC

The difficult part is always what comes after a revolution. Having the military in charge isn't necessarily a good thing, and whether Egypt does get a democratic government will now depend upon how the military behaves.

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Post by kilian » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 4:37 PM UTC

If you can, I urge you to get a look of the live stream at aljazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ The Tahir square is absolutely euphoric.