Thousands in Egypt Join Antigovernment Protest Latest news update about;Thousands in Egypt Join Antigovernment Protest;Cairo—Thousands of Egyptians descended on downtown Cairo's main square Tuesday night in the largest antiregime protest in recent memory.In Egypt's capital and in cities throughout the country, protesters challenged police to employ the same heavy-handed tactics that helped undo the autocratic regime in neighboring Tunisia two weeks ago.
"Hey Hosni! Hey Gamal! Saudi Arabia is waiting for you!" some demonstrators chanted, a reference to Egypt's president and his son,Thousands in Egypt Join Antigovernment Protest and the country that offered exile to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian dictator who fled his country Jan. 14 amid a popular uprising.
The demonstrators were met by an almost equal number of state security officials. They used clubs, water cannons and tear gas to subdue a crowd that, by late afternoon, had massed into an unprecedented display of defiance against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.Thousands in Egypt Join Antigovernment Protest
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