A snap shot of wild scenes at Tahrir Square that captured the imagination of the ever astounded world audience: Horses and Camels cause a stir in the square as pro charges anti Mubarak. Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday stormed into Tahrir Square, downtown Cairo and clashed with anti-government protesters, who demand the departure of the veteran leader. Scores of people were wounded.
Clerics, women, soldiers, children, students from all walks of life all come together to commemorate and celebrate the Islamic Revolution of Iran on the anniversary of its birth, and foundation of the Republic, forgetting for a moment the current crisis of the Islamic state.
Graffiti as a way of communicating to a seemingly stone deaf veteran leader who might see if he's utnil now refused to listen. The resounding message: Leave now, thief!
Outstayed his welcome: After 32 years in power, Ali Abdulla Saleh is no longer welcome by his own people. And their only way to communicate this is by peaceful protesting, united, for his immediate step-down- inspired by the disgraced departure of the Tunisian Ben-Ali upon his people's behest.
A precipitation of culminated anger is visited upon President Mubarak who the people are becoming increasingly intolerant toward in waves of anger. Suitably labelled, this day is held in honor of this expression of ultimate discontent with the status quo.
A visual preveiw of the week across the region: frrom protests, to car explosions, to sport, torrential rain, and religious pilgrimage. Quite a week from a dramatic month of January 2011.
Protests erupted in Sunni regions across Lebanon on Monday as outgoing premier Saad Hariri's party accused the Shiite Hezbollah of staging a coup by imposing its candidate to head a new government. Tire-burning and road-blocking were a demonstration and warning of tension and hostilities in response to the turning tide in Lebanese affairs.
The Palestine Papers are the largest news leak in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and publications of information hiden from public records. A cache of nearly 1,700 files, relased from January 23 by Al-Jazeera. The response to this leak has been furor from loyal Fatah members directed toward Al Jazeera, and a sense of betrayal in the wider Palestinian and Arab populations at the revelations.
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