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Hosni Mubarak: “We have no choice. The first choice, Mubarak leave and the second choice, we die here. We have no choice.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2011
We have no choice. The first choice, Mubarak leave and the second choice, we die here. We have no choice.
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Hosni Mubarak

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Protesters express their determination to see Mubarak leave or face dire consequences.

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