President Hosni Mubarak said early Saturday that he asked the country's government to resign after thousands of angry Egyptians defied a government curfew and faced stinging police tear gas as they marched for change. Recently, in Cairo,m Eygpt protestors arose to express a legitimate demand for more democracy, need for a greater social safety net, and the improvement of living standards, fighting poverty and rampant corruption, according to Mubarak. This past Saturday, President Hosni Mubarak gave a speech asking the government to resign today and he will commission a new government to take over the next day. In the article, it talks about how the anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in Egypt since Tuesday to demand an end to Mubarak's rule. The protests come weeks after similar disturbances sparked a revolution in Tunisia, forcing then-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country. It seems like both Egypt and Tunisia have seen dramatic rises in the cost of living in past years and accusations of corruption among the ruling.
By Delaina Flagg
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.protests/index.html?npt=NP1
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