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Pro- and anti-Mubarak groups are now fighting on the streets in Cairo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12347185
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Last thing I heard was on the Spanish radio, this morning (6:30 AM for me, +1 GMT).
Apparently, Mubarak will not give up. :-/
Any other news?
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Canada's going to get usage based billing for internet if the government doesn't step in. We're going to lose the unlimited option and the cap will be 25gb per month or something equally unholy

Egyptians united.

Egypt seems to have really erupted now. Go protesters, win!
But like I said, I'm scared of who will come to power now.
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nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:But like I said, I'm scared of who will come to power now.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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Sentynel wrote:
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:But like I said, I'm scared of who will come to power now.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.
"I would leave, but then Egypt would fall into chaos"

ORLY
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclusive ... nd-answers

Some more information that I found on the situation. Jeez, things are not looking good.
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Sentynel wrote:
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:But like I said, I'm scared of who will come to power now.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Oh gawd I loll'd
I wish I were a cat-dragon
I'm getting news that Mubarak stepped down.
And that the Egyptian army has taken control.
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Haha. Nice one. =D
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AND HE'S DOWN FOR THE COUNT!!!

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/mid ... 65119.html


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-1 ... -exit.html


http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europ ... ns.london/


And for the possibility that the army might be worse:

wrote:The institution hasn’t fought in a war since 1973, instead building bridges, hospitals and, since Jan. 28, ensuring the security of protesters in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
Much different than say Iran.
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Bell's still going for ubb, but they postponed the implementation for 60 days. Not that it matters personally to me since I don't *think* I'd go over the cap, but people who actually need to download for work have been protesting and lobbying and petitioning so hard and it's so ineffectual.
Nero wrote:And for the possibility that the army might be worse:

wrote:The institution hasn’t fought in a war since 1973, instead building bridges, hospitals and, since Jan. 28, ensuring the security of protesters in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
Much different than say Iran.
Mubarak, like all dictators, kept exaggerating the chaos that might possibly hit his country if someone else were to take power in his stead. It was the army, the Muslim Brotherhood, the other religious extremist groups. Like we would ever know what is likely to happen without him out of power? Good riddance.

I think Egypt would go democratic. The army, like you say, seems better than in most non-democratic countries.

*n&b now waits for the revolution to spread to the other Arab countries*
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nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:*n&b now waits for the revolution to spread to the other Arab countries*
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... iddle-east

Didn't have to wait too long, now did ya?
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Not just revolutions, I want successes too.

Mubarak in coma> Perhaps he couldn't believe he was ousted.
Finally justice catching up with Berlusconi.
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Nooooo, does this mean an end to Berlusconi hilarity? D:
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Nooooo, does this mean an end to Berlusconi hilarity? D:
trudat. :/
There's still Putin
I wish I were a cat-dragon
And Palin. Who will always remain in news.
And there is Gaddafi.
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