Saturday, February 12, 2011

Key dates in the Egyptian revolt

.- This is the chronology of major events that occurred in the past 18 days have resulted in the abandonment of presidential power: .- "Day of Wrath" in which thousands of demonstrators protesting in Cairo and other cities via the Internet called Egyptian protest against the Mubarak regime. There are four dead.

.- The police fought hundreds of protesters clashes in Cairo. Death of a protester and a policeman. .- The Nobel Peace Prize 2005 and former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei arrives in Cairo to join the protests and offered to lead the transition. - The Exchange suspended its operations. .- "Friday the anger and freedom." At least half a hundred dead.

It decreed a curfew and cut off Internet access and mobile telephony. - U.S. President, Barack Obama, Mubarak urged to take "concrete steps" for a transition. .- Mubarak announced a change of government. Gen. Omar Suleiman, head of the Secret Service, is appointed vice president. .- The authorities restrict the work of the press and close the offices of Arab television station Al Jazeera.

- The opposition led by the Muslim Brotherhood and the secular National Assembly for Change, by Mohamed ElBaradei, create a committee to discuss with the Army by the end of the regime. - Fifty people, including prisoners and policemen, are killed in a shootout in the prison of Abu Zabal, while 2,000 inmates escaped.

Mubarak instructs .- Suleiman open a dialogue to discuss constitutional changes. - The Army claims qualify as legitimate popular. - The European Union (EU) calls to Mubarak a "transition" leading to the call for free elections. - The price of oil exceeds $ 100 per barrel. .- A general strike in which hundreds of thousands of protesters called for in the Tahrir Square Mubarak progress.

- Mubarak announces he will not stand in the forthcoming elections, but who will lead the transition. - Obama calls for transition in Egypt begins "now." .- Clashes between supporters and opponents of Mubarak causing two dead in Tahrir Square in Cairo. - The opposition calls to hold protests and ensures that only negotiate if Mubarak leaves office.

.- Continuing clashes in Cairo. At least eight dead and fifteen wounded by unknown opponents Mubarak. - Suleiman began a dialogue with the national forces. Huge .- Tahrir concentration in the "Day out", while also tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Alexandria. - Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, Egyptian journalist wounded by sniper fire on January 28, becomes the first reporter killed.

.- Mubarak changes to the dome of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and away from the direction of his son Gamal. - An explosion in a major pipeline in El Arish in northern Sinai, cutting off the supply to Jordan. .- The Egyptian Vice President, Omar Suleiman, and the opposition, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have agreed constitutional reforms.

.- It meets for the first time completely new Egyptian government headed by Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. - The Armed Forces reduce an hour curfew. .- Mubarak approved the formation of a constitutional committee to study constitutional reforms. - Mass concentration in Tahrir Square against Mubarak.

.- At sixteen days of riots continue rallies against Mubarak in Cairo. - The Muslim Brothers call "monologue" the dialogue with the regime .- At least four civilians were killed and 60 injured, 13 of them seriously, in clashes between police and protesters in an oasis in southern Egypt.

.- While thousands of opposition supporters gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo Hosni Mubarak announced that delegates part of his powers to Vice President Suleiman but continues in the country. .- After eighteen days of protest Mubarak's resignation and gave the army power, decision celebrated in the streets of Cairo.

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