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An Egyptian man set fire to himself in protest against the economic conditions in Egypt.
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Thousands of Egyptians showed up in protest agaisnt Hosni Mubarak wanting him to step down.
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Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak would be stepping down as president and turning power over to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Mubarak resigned from office
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Protests are held in Benghazi, Libya.
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Thousands protest in Casablanca, Tangier, Rabat, and Marrakech demanding a new government and end to corruption
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Ghadafi states he would rather die a martyr than give up power.
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President Barack Obama freezes Ghadafi's assests. The US Embassy evactuates the Americans and close the embassy.
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Thousands took to the streets in cities across Morocco on Sunday demanding better civil rights and an end to corruption in the moderate North African country where the king this month promised constitutional reform
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100,000 protestors show up in Tahrir square in Cairo in protest for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak
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Egypt refers Hosni Mubarak to court for killing protestors and other charges, he was sent to court but eventually was released due to no legal grounds to his detention
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A Moroccan news editor Ali Anouzla arrested for publishing a video which was attributed to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and which accused the king of being corrupt and oppressive.
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Violence between radical militias and regular forces broke out on Oct 18 and continued to Oct. 19, while the capital Tripoli is braced for fallout from the kidnapping earlier this month of prime minister Ali Zaidan. Federalists in Cyrenaica, home to most of Libya's oil, open their own independent parliament in Benghazi this week, in a step that may herald the breakup of the country.
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