The power of a leaderless movement. This is historic in every way…
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EA: 1320 GMT: Al Jazeera is now putting out estimates of more than 2 million in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
The military is putting up barbed wire around the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis.
From The Guardian’s live-blog:
1.08pm: Protesters are now starting to march in Alexandria, Human Rights Watch Reports.
There is no clear route for the march, so a bit of confusion.
The Harriet Sherwood, who’s in Alexandria, adds:
No one is running this, apart from the people themselves
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