17 December, 2010: Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old universitygraduate, sets himself alight in the central Tunisian town of SidiBouzid in a protest over unemployment, sparking a wave ofdiscontent. He died from his injuries on 5 january, 2011.
14 January: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sacks thegovernment and calls early elections. Later the same day Mr Ben Alileaves the country to be replaced by interim president pPrimeminister Mohammed Ghannouchi.
25 January: On a national holiday to commemorate the policeforces, Egyptians take to the streets in a "day of rage".
26 January: A protester and a police officer are killed incentral Cairo as anti-government demonstrators pelt security forceswith stones and firebombs for a second successive day, according towitnesses.
28 January: Internet users and mobile phone texts from Egyptreport major disruption to services as the protests continue toescalate in the major cities.
1 February: President Hosni Mubarak announces he will not run forre-election, but refuses to step down from office. Elsewhere in theMiddle East, King AbdullahII of Jordan sacks his government amidstreet protests.
3 February: Bursts of heavy gunfire early on Thursday aimed atanti-government demonstrators in Tahrir [Liberation] Square, in theheart of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, leave at least five peopledead and several more wounded
10 February: King Abdullah swears in a new, more representativecabinet with the promise of political and social reform.
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