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Arab Spring Revolutions of 2011 (87 images)

2011 has seen a plethora of Middle Eastern countries rise up in revolution and protest. Here we remember moments in the Arab Spring in photos.



Protesters carry a man wounded during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt's , Nov. 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule, despite a promise by the country's interim leader to transfer power to an elected president by mid-2012. UPI/Mohamed Hossam
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Military personnel erect a concrete barrier to separate police and protestors just off Cairo's Tahrir square on November 24, 2011. Members of Egypt's ruling military council rejected calls to step down immediately, saying it would amount to a "betrayal" as anti-military protests entered their seventh day. UPI/Mohamed Hossam
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Military personnel erect a concrete barrier to separate police and protestors just off Cairo's Tahrir square on November 24, 2011. Members of Egypt's ruling military council rejected calls to step down immediately, saying it would amount to a "betrayal" as anti-military protests entered their seventh day. UPI/Mohamed Hossam
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An anti-military rule protestor with an injury attend demonstration at Tahrir square in Cairo on December 2, 2011. Egypt awaited the delayed publication of results for the opening phase of its first elections since the overthrow of veteran president Hosni Mubarak which are expected to confirm an Islamist sweep. UPI/Ashraf Mohamad
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