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In Egypt and other parts of the Arab world, the protests and governmental changes are also known as the 25 January Revolution (ثورة 25 يناير Thawrat 25 Yanāyir), Revolution of Freedom (ثورة حرية Thawrat Horeya) [40] or Revolution of Rage (ثورة الغضب Thawrat al-Ġaḍab), and, less frequently, [41] the Youth Revolution ...
Increasing use of social media among activists centered on plans for a nationwide protest on 25 January 2011. Millions turned out in major cities across Egypt on the 25th, especially in Cairo's Tahrir Square. In the beginning, tensions were high between the police and protesters with violence breaking out in Suez and Alexandria. The government ...
National Police Day is a national holiday in Egypt that occurs each year on 25 January.. The holiday commemorates and is a remembrance of the Battle of Ismailia where 50 police officers were killed and more wounded when they refused British demands to hand over weapons and evacuate the Ismaïlia Police Station on 25 January 1952.
Brazil — On 31 January President Dilma Rousseff said, "[Brazil] hopes that Egypt becomes a democracy, leading its people to benefit from [Egyptian] development." [5]The Ministry of External Relations issued a statement on 1 February calling for a "political evolution that meets the expectations of their people in a peaceful environment, bereft of foreign interference, so as to foster the ...
On 29 January, Saudi Arabia's Tadawul stock market index fell 6.4 percent, the most since 25 May 2010, on concern over Egypt's instability. [114] On 30 January, the Dubai Financial Market's General Index also fell 6.2 percent (the most since December 2009) during mid-day trading on concern "international investors are fleeing Middle East stock ...
Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, an "act of injustice" that would threaten Egyptian security, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday in his first public ...
January 25. Fluoride Day. Library Shelfie Day. National Fish Taco Day. National Irish Coffee Day. Opposite Day. January 26. International Customs Day. International Environmental Education Day ...
Disasters and accidents Tropical Cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, and causes widespread flooding. (The Australian) (Irish Times) (AFP via IOL) Tennessee Highway Patrol officer Michael Slagle is killed after his car hit an ice patch and crashed and the responding fire truck hit the same ice patch and fell on top of his vehicle in northeast Knox County, Tennessee, United ...