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      Egypt’s revolution, one year on

      Published on : 25 January 2012 - 4:52pm | By RNW News Desk (Photo: ANP)
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      A  year ago today Egyptians rose up to start the revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak. To the rest of the world it might have seemed a mission impossible but the determined young protesters achieved their goal. Twelve months on much of the optimism has disappeared, the situation is complex and confused, and the world’s excitement has changed into doubt.

       

      • Egyptian demonstrators protest in central Cairo to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak and call for reforms on January 25, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Egyptian anti-riot police disperse protesters during fresh demonstrations that erupted following Friday prayers in Cairo on January 28, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Coptic Christians raise a cross and religious books as they pray between protesters on Tahrir Square, in Cairo, on February 8, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • An engaged Egyptian couple joins thousands of others as they gather in Cairo&#039;s Tahrir Square heeding a call by the opposition for a &quot;March of a Million&quot; to mark a week of protests calling for the removal of Hosni Mubarak&#039;s long-standing regime, on February 1, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Egyptians walk past a tank with their national flag as they celebrate after the announcement of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak from his post, Cairo, Egypt, February 11, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Egyptian Coptic Christians carry a coffin containing one of the victims killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Imbaba neighbourhood, during the funeral mass in Cairo, Egypt, May 08, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • A TV grab taken from Al Arabiya channel on 03 August 2011 shows former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak laying in a bed in a cage inside the court room during the first day of his trial, in Cairo, August 3, 2011.<br>&copy; http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Egyptian voters proudly show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes on the second day of the first round of Egypt&#039;s parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, November 29, 2011.<br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Egyptian army soldiers arrest a female protester during clashes at the Tahrir Square, December 17, 2011. <br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
      • Parliamentarians pray prior to the first session of the Egyptian parliament after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, 23 January 2012. <br>&copy; Photo: ANP - http://www.anp-photo.com/
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