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People defy a government curfew as they continue to occupy Tahrir Square on January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo remained in a state of flux and marchers continued to protest in the streets and defy curfew, demanding the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarek. As President Mubarak struggles to regain control after five days of protests he has appointed Omar Suleiman as vice-president. The present death toll stands at 100 and up to 2,000 people are thought to have been injured during the clashes which started last Tuesday. Overnight it was reported that thousands of inmates from the Wadi Naturn prison had escaped and that Egyptians were forming vigilante groups in order to protect their homes. Getty

Protestors sit down to block the entry of army tanks to Tahrir Square on January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo remained in a state of flux and marchers continued to protest in the streets and defy curfew, demanding the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarek. As President Mubarak struggles to regain control after five days of protests he has appointed Omar Suleiman as vice-president. The present death toll stands at 100 and up to 2,000 people are thought to have been injured during the clashes which started last Tuesday. Overnight it was reported that thousands of inmates from the Wadi Naturn prison had escaped and that Egyptians were forming vigilante groups in order to protect their homes. Getty

A woman shouts as she blocks the entry of army tanks to Tahrir Square on January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo remained in a state of flux and marchers continued to protest in the streets and defy curfew, demanding the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarek. As President Mubarak struggles to regain control after five days of protests he has appointed Omar Suleiman as vice-president. The present death toll stands at 100 and up to 2,000 people are thought to have been injured during the clashes which started last Tuesday. Overnight it was reported that thousands of inmates from the Wadi Naturn prison had escaped and that Egyptians were forming vigilante groups in order to protect their homes. Getty

A man with a bandaged face uses a cellular phone during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011. Minutes before the start of a 4 p.m. curfew, at least two jets appeared and made multiple passes over downtown, including a central square where thousands of protesters were calling for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak. AP

A protester, who said he was wounded during clashes with police in the previous days, prays with other protesters in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. AP

An Egyptian man looks at fighter jets flying loudly over central Cairo in a residential neighborhood the afternoon of January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.  Getty

Thousands of Egyptian protesters gather at Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, with the ruling National Democratic party building burned at centre left behind the red coloured Egypt museum. The army sent hundreds more troops and armored vehicles onto the streets of Cairo and other cities but appeared to be taking little action against mass protests on Sunday. AP

Thousands of Egyptians perform martyrs prayers for victims of clashes with police in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets. AP

An Egyptian army soldier and an undercover member of Egypt's security apparatus arrest a looter near Cairo museum on January 30, 2011. Getty

Army members and people detain a thief in downtown Cairo, January 30, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak, clinging to power despite unprecedented demands for an end to his 30-year rule, met on Sunday with the powerful military which is widely seen as holding the key to Egypt's future. Reuters

Egyptian volunteers work to clear water in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. With the police having disappeared from the streets, residents reported gangs of youths, some on motorbikes, roaming the streets, looting supermarkets, shopping malls and stores. Some of the gangs made it to affluent residential areas in the suburbs, breaking into luxury homes and apartments. The crackle of gunfire could be heard in the city center as well as outlying districts. AP

Egyptian volunteers donate blood at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. With the police having disappeared from the streets, residents reported gangs of youths, some on motorbikes, roaming the streets, looting supermarkets, shopping malls and stores. AP

Palestinian Ramiz Weshah hugs his relatives upon his arrival to his house in Gaza Strips al-Bureij refugee camp after escaping the Abu Zaabal jail, northeast of Cairo, and crossing into Gaza through the tunnels which run under the border with Egypt on January 30, 2011 after thousands of prisoners escaped from detention facilities across Egypt, as anti-government protests raged into a sixth straight day. Getty

Some of the thousands of Egyptian protesters shout anti-Mubarak slogans during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The army sent hundreds more troops and armored vehicles onto the streets of Cairo and other cities but appeared to be taking little action against mass protests on Sunday. AP

A man walks through the charred remains of a burned government building January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. As President Mubarak struggles to regain control after five days of protests he has appointed Omar Suleiman as vice-president. The present death toll stands at 100 and up to 2,000 people are thought to have been injured during the clashes which started last Tuesday. Overnight it was reported that thousands of inmates from the Wadi Naturn prison had escaped and that Egyptians were forming vigilante groups in order to protect their homes after Police were nowhere to be seen on the streets. Getty

Exhausted Egyptians rest on the grass in in Tahrir Square after days of protests on January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Getty

Egyptian volunteers guard looted goods confiscated from looters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. With the police having disappeared from the streets, residents reported gangs of youths, some on motorbikes, roaming the streets, looting supermarkets, shopping malls and stores. Some of the gangs made it to affluent residential areas in the suburbs, breaking into luxury homes and apartments. AP

An exhausted marcher rests in Tahrir Square after days of protests on January 30, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Getty

An Egyptian man uses his mobile phone to take a picture of the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011. AP

Egyptian men sit as they try to protect from looting the Arcadia shopping center, that was already partially looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives as looting and violence engulfed the capital. AP

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, demonstrators gather near the main Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters have returned to Cairo's central square, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet but refused to step down. AP

Looters carry away goods following a mass breakout at the Abu Zaabal prison, 25 kms north of Cairo, on January 30, 2011, as citizens took to the streets for the sixth day running calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Getty