Thousands Gather In Cairo's Tahrir Square For Protest -- CNN
Cairo (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people converged on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for a rally to urge the interim government to speed up reforms.
Many Egyptians are angry at the slow pace of change since President Hosni Mubarak resigned on February 11 after protests. People poured into the iconic site after Muslim prayers to demonstrate.
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More News On Today;'s Massive Demonstrations In Cairo
Egyptians Rally Against Slow Government Reforms -- Voice of America
Egypt: Thousands of protesters gather in Tahrir Square -- BBC
Mass Egypt demonstrations target new rulers -- AFP
Egyptians race to capture the spirit of Tahrir Square -- L.A. Times
Marx, Bonaparte and the Egyptian Revolution: Another Friday in Tahrir Square -- Tony Karon, Time
My Comment: A friend of mine went to Egypt last month as a tourist .... and when he came back regretted that he went. According to him, there is a great deal of frustration on the ground, and that the economic climate (especially in the tourism sector) has essentially collapsed.
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