Day Of Departure, Feb. 4, 2011: Crowd To Call For Mubarak To Leave

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/day-of-departure-feb-4_n_818398.html

Just one week after protests began in Egypt last Friday, scores of Egyptians plan to follow through with a "Day of Departure" on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, Al Jazeera reported Thursday night.

Opposition parties called for Feb. 4 to be a "Day of Departure" earlier this week, AllVoices reports. The plan: to come together in massive numbers and in one voice demand President Hosni Mubarak to step down once and for all.

The plan was originally to go to the presidential palace, approximately 10-15 kilometers away from Tahrir Square, but whether protesters follow through with that is uncertain, according to an Al Jazeera analyst.

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The demonstrations are set to begin in Tahrir Square around Noon local time at the conclusion of morning prayers. The New York Times reports that live video feeds were cut off in the square Thursday evening and numerous journalists have been attacked and detained, so it's not clear how well the media will be able to report Friday's happenings.

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1. here's your hat mubarak! don't forget to leave the money we gave you behind.

like that'll happen.

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2. I believe they are seven hours ahead of us .... I often wake up around

5 a.m. make the coffee and settle in for a while. Should be interesting.

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3. A few songs

Walk Like An Egyptian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWP-AsG5DRk

Devo Whip it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw


We are still here.
Morpheus's Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrOkYkXOZoY

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4. Egypt set for 'Day of Departure'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12362826

Protesters in the Egyptian capital Cairo are preparing to stage a "Day of Departure" for President Hosni Mubarak.

Organisers are calling for tens of thousands of people to gather in Tahrir Square, where days of unrest have left at least 300 people dead.

Mr Mubarak is coming under increasing international pressure to resign, with the US now calling for an immediate transition of power.

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The protesters have called on tens of thousands of people to gather in the capital after Friday prayers "so that we can put the last nail in the regime's coffin, and declare the victory of the 25 Jan revolution".