Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011.

An anti-government protester acting as a lookout standing on a rooftop sounds the call to prayer for others down below, during a tense standoff between the army and anti-government protesters, next to the Egyptian Museum at an entrance to Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Egyptian State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters that the regime is serious about reform.










 An Egyptian Army armored personnel carrier instructs pro-government supporters, right, intent on provoking the situation to leave, during a tense standoff between the army and anti-government protesters, next to the Egyptian Museum at an entrance to Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Egyptian State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday.





An anti-government protester on a rooftop holding an Egyptian flag looks down as Egyptian Army tanks preparing to clear opposition barricades engage in a tense standoff with anti-government protesters vowing to lie in the path of the tanks, next to the Egyptian Museum at an entrance to Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Egyptian State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters that the regime is serious about reform.







Egyptian Army tanks preparing to clear opposition barricades engage in a tense standoff with anti-government protesters, left, who were vowing to lie in the path of the tanks, next to the Egyptian Museum at an entrance to Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Egyptian State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters that the regime is serious about reform.





An Egyptian Army tank driver preparing to clear opposition barricades looks up, as the army engages in a tense standoff with anti-government protesters, unseen, who were vowing to lie in the path of the tanks, next to the Egyptian Museum at an entrance to Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Egyptian State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday.

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