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To be more difficult. some of them have been 12 days now without receiving their salaries. they have been living under curfew. the basic necessities of life like food and fuel are getting more difficult and more expensive to obtain all the time. governor? >> mike: mike, tell me, is the situation beginning to ease up at least in terms of the violence? i mean, we have had journalists who have been brutally assaulted, arrested. there have been extraordinary scenes that have come from you and from o...

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Crumbling at the street level or reaching for historic change through an angry and long-overdue uprising. it depends on who is speaking. the center of cairo is packed rye now at 9:00 p.m. local time with thousands of people demanding major changes, lets get to cairo where cnns frederick plaitken is watching developments. fred? >> there are still thousands of people in that square in central cairo called the tahrir square. theyve been there for a long time. defying the curfew. it was very interes...

There were people who are gathering again here near our office. you can see that the tanks are in place here in downtown cairo. throughout yesterday, the military entered the city here. as the evening progressed, it became later and later, we had these very heavy battle tanks and take up position here. were very close to the information ministry. thats one of the buildings that theyre shielding. but again, it already appears as though smaller protests are forming here in the city as well as in t...

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Cell phone coverage is back up. we have been able to make phone calls and other people have been able to make phone calls, as well. were not really sure whether at this point they simply havent put the switch back on or whether or not thats still part of some sort of strategy to keep people from communicating. however, yesterday, there was an entire blackout here with both cell phone coverage, text messages and the internet down for the entire day. >> all right. for the moment, fridrik, we leave...

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He has asked every members of his cabinet to resign and plans to defend today. >> translator: as the president with this country and with all the power the constitution gave me, i assure you that i am working for the people and giving freedoms of opinion as long as you are respecting the law. there is a very little line between freedom and chaos. >> well, the word on the street in egypt is that many people are dissatisfied with president mubaraks speech. they want him out. the big question is wh...

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