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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Live blog Feb 3 - Egypt protests Part 5

From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez.  Live Blog: Jan28 - Jan29 - Jan30 - Jan31 - Feb1 - Feb2 - Feb3

(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)
5:51pm Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters continue to defy the curfew in Alexandri and are calling for Mubarak to step down. People are chanting: "Erhal, Erha" ("Leave, Leave"). There are a mixture of people, men, woman old and young in the crowd.
5:42pm Al Jazeera continues to bring you the latest from Cairo, Alexandria and the rest of Egypt. To watch live, please visit http://aje.me/ajelive
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5:38pm Video shot by Al Jazeera online producer when pro-democracy protesters completely broke through the Mubarak loyalists. However, the regime loyalists have now regained their position as night fell.
5:32pm Al Jazeera shows dramatic picture of a police vehicle running over protesters.
5:31pm Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian vice president, has said that president Mubarak and his son Gamal will not run for presidency.
5:30pm Video clip from Al Jazeera English showing the latest violence in the battle for Egypt.
5:24pm Egypt bans ex-ministers from travel - Three former ministers and a prominent businessman also have their bank accounts frozen.
5:19pm Media in the line of fire in Egypt - Al Jazeera's online producer reports on how domestic and foreign journalists have come under siege amid the turmoil in Egypt. 
5:16pm Egypt's Central Bank has imposed restrictions on the amount of cash that people are allowed to withdraw.
5:12pm Three Al Jazeera journalists have been arrested. Many others are in their hotel and say that there is a strong military presence outside.
5:08pm A few pro-democracy protesters have been injured by shooting in Tahrir Square. Still not clear who fired. More updates to follow.
4:57pm Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian vice-president says that they "will release all the detainees that have not committed any act of violence". He also says that "the whole constitution is subject to change".
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