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Tahrir square is still a bustling area, as usual. a lot of people are still there. they're not -- they say they're not going to leave until president hosni mubarak steps down. >> give me an idea, what kind of size crowd are you seeing out there, comparing it to nights previous? >> reporter: well, you know, it is a smaller crowd than usual. but, you know, they may be small, but they tell me they are very determined to be out here. you know, they're going to be spending the night. tomorrow they have some activities planned. they're going to have mass, the christians are going to hold mass and in...

A bik update on the situation in egypt. this is the port city of alexandria. two separate demonstrations there today. just like in cairo, people are demanding the resignation of president hosni mubarak. just like f canin cairo, they s they will keep it up until he steps down. in the united states, new york, egyptian americans and ex-pats gathered near the united nations headquarters today echoing the same sentiment rising up from cairo. they want mubarak out. all right, now the latest on the crisis in egypt, including this. the government has ordered protesters to stay off the streets on t...

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Repeal health care have a different take on their own insurance coverage. to the movement to install democracy in egypt now. it's after 11:00 p.m. there and again the government has ordered protesters to stay off the streets and out of the squares. journalist ian lee is on the phone now from cairo. what do you see at this hour, ian? >> reporter: the protesters are still in the street and they're still defying the curfew. they're still very defiant. they were telling me earlier that they're going to camp out around the tanks, so the tanks can't move to help kind of put the squeeze on the prot...

Cairo, egypt. appreciate that. unrest in the nation the size and importance of egypt has an impact that goes way beyond politics. here now is cnn's mary snow. >> reporter: so a million tourists in nine days have left egypt. >> reporter: egypt's vice president wander of economic damage to the country on egyptian state-run television, saying the country has lost a billion dollars and blaming outsiders for the unrest. the turmoil has exposed an economy with a deep divide. it's estimated that 20% of the country's population lives below poverty and unemployment rate is high. ian runs a consulting...