KSEN AM 1150 » protests http://ksenam.com The Amazing AM Thu, 23 May 2013 21:28:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Protests Continue in Egypt as Military Backs Down http://ksenam.com/protests-continue-in-egypt-as-military-backs-down/ http://ksenam.com/protests-continue-in-egypt-as-military-backs-down/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:20:10 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://ksenam.com/?p=1395 Protests in Egypt continued today and the military said it would cease to use force against the demonstrators. Other nations are backing the protestors and urging Egypt's government to consider reform.

]]> http://ksenam.com/protests-continue-in-egypt-as-military-backs-down/feed/ 0 Protests Swell In Egypt http://ksenam.com/protests-swell-in-egypt/ http://ksenam.com/protests-swell-in-egypt/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:36:23 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://ksenam.com/?p=1372 Many thousands of protestors took to the streets of Cairo on Friday to protest the long rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who they claim has undermined freedoms of Egyptian citizens while neglecting issues like the nation's suffering economy. The recent ousting of a similarly authoritarian Tunisian leader inspired the revolt.

Military enforcement has been called in by the government to deal with the demonstrators, firing water cannons and tear gas to into the crowds as seen in the below video footage:

]]> http://ksenam.com/protests-swell-in-egypt/feed/ 0 (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)