This is remarkable. Dissent is not usually tolerated in Egypt.
Thousands of anti-government protesters have broken a police cordon in the Egyptian capital and are crossing a major bridge over the Nile to join hundreds more demonstrators massed on the other side of the river.
The demonstration calling for an end to Hosni Mubarak’s government is the biggest Egypt has seen in years.
Police are showing unusual restraint in what appears to be a concerted effort by the government not to provoke a Tunisia-like mass revolt.
The demonstrators chanted, "Long Live a Free Tunisia" and "Down with Hosni Mubarak."
via Egyptian protesters march, denounce Mubarak :: WRAL.com.