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The Lede is following protests across Egypt, as demonstrators demanding an end to the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak took to the streets following the end of Friday Prayers. For a summary of the latest events, seethe main news article on this site with reports from my colleagues inside Egypt. Readers who are in Egypt and want to share information with us can write in the comment thread below or send photographs to [email protected]. 8:38 A.M. Protesters Charge at Police in Central Cairo In a live video feed on its Web site, Al Jazeera just broadcast images shot from the window of its office in central Cairo showing protesters charging at a riot police van on the October 6 Bridge in central Cairo. Tear gas was then fired by the police and the protesters retreated but did not leave the bridge. The network's correspondent said that the protesters could be heard chanting: "This is state terrorism" and "Where is the media?" 8:32 A.M. ElBaradei Doused With Water Reporting on Twitter, Jonathan Rugman of Channel 4 News gives more snapshots of scenes of protest in Cairo in the past few minutes:Water cannon now being fired at what look like thousands of Egyptians on Kasrenile Bridge.Downtown #Cairo is in chaos. First Tunisia. Then this. Tear gassed out.Something changed today. This became a full blown uprising against Mubarak rule cutting across social divides.About 500 protesters now praying towards Mecca in the street amid smoke from burning police kioskEarlier, The Associated Press reported that police had doused one of the most prominent opposition figures, Mohammed ElBaradei, with a water-cannon and beat supporters who tried to shield him. Mr. ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, returned to Cairo on Thursday to join the protests and offered to lead a transitional government.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : BBC , AL JAZEERA Repo...s (NYTimes)...</span>
The Lede is following protests across Egypt, as demonstrators demanding an end to the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak took to the streets following the end of Friday Prayers. For a summary of the latest events, seethe main news article on this site with reports from my colleagues inside Egypt. Readers who are in Egypt and want to share information with us can write in the comment thread below or send photographs to [email protected]. 8:38 A.M. Protesters Charge at Police in Central Cairo In a live video feed on its Web site, Al Jazeera just broadcast images shot from the window of its office in central Cairo showing protesters charging at a riot police van on the October 6 Bridge in central Cairo. Tear gas was then fired by the police and the protesters retreated but did not leave the bridge. The network's correspondent said that the protesters could be heard chanting: "This is state terrorism" and "Where is the media?" 8:32 A.M. ElBaradei Doused With Water Reporting on Twitter, Jonathan Rugman of Channel 4 News gives more snapshots of scenes of protest in Cairo in the past few minutes:Water cannon now being fired at what look like thousands of Egyptians on Kasrenile Bridge.Downtown #Cairo is in chaos. First Tunisia. Then this. Tear gassed out.Something changed today. This became a full blown uprising against Mubarak rule cutting across social divides.About 500 protesters now praying towards Mecca in the street amid smoke from burning police kioskEarlier, The Associated Press reported that police had doused one of the most prominent opposition figures, Mohammed ElBaradei, with a water-cannon and beat supporters who tried to shield him. Mr. ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, returned to Cairo on Thursday to join the protests and offered to lead a transitional government.