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Summary Seven army officers defied a warning from the ruling military council when they joined protesters.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians massed in Cairos Tahrir Square on Friday two months after president Hosni Mubarak was ousted to demand the trial of former regime elements, slamming the military rulers for stalling on reforms.Waving flags and holding banners in a protest dubbed the Day of Trial and Cleansing, protesters vowed to press the ruling military council to deliver on promises of reform and justice. Seven army officers defied a warning from the ruling military council when they joined the protesters call for former regime elements to face trial.Our demands are your demands. We want a civilian government. We want to try corrupt people, one officer said to loud cheers. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, that took power after Mubarak was ousted on February 11, warned that anyone protesting in military uniform on Friday would face trial in a military court.A general and several military police officers went to the makeshift podium to speak with them. Meanwhile, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected a mediation offer by Gulf nations that called on him to resign, denouncing the proposal in a speech before tens of thousands of cheering supporters in the capital Friday. An even larger group of demonstrators nearby and hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country demanded his ouster.
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