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Updated: Friday, 28 Jan 2011, 6:05 PM EST
Published : Friday, 28 Jan 2011, 6:05 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets of cities across Egypt demanding that the country's president of 30 years step down.
Riot police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water canons at protesters who hurled stones back at them.
On Friday, Egyptians in Hampton Roads stood up for their country and their rights at a rally on Old Dominion University's campus.
Click on the adjacent video to watch and hear what the Egyptian students had to say about their country.
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