This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011 [1].
As thousands of Egyptians march from Tahrir Square, to call for an end to president Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, the world cheers on.
Despite a total Internet blackout, reports continue to pour in. Here is the latest selection of 140 character messages from Twitter – some from people on the ground, reporting live from Cairo.
@fustat [2]: R @alaa ♻ @justimage: Today is the day. No one around me is scared, only excited and ready. #Egypt #jan25
@bencnn [3]: Yes, I'm tweeting like Jack Kerouac on Red Bull because I don't know when can tweet again, thanks to communications crackdown. #Jan25 #Egypt
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@JustAmira [5]: Now on Al Jazeera Mubasher #jan25 http://yfrog.com/h5z6jfzj
@SultanAlQassemi [6]: Al Arabiya: The main road linking Cairo to Suez has been shut. (Suez is 130 km from Cairo, Population 500,000, witnessed large protests)
@nolanjazeera [7]: Ok i'm back on the airwaves, pretty hairy day yest! Soldiers seized cameras,laptops,phones. Now got a nokia circ 1995 but its workin #egypt
@nolanjazeera [8]: Then marched us toward Liberation Sq ironically enough but took a right into grounds of Cairo museum for questioning #Egypt
@nolanjazeera [9]: Commanding officer said he knew we're doin our job but it makes his job v difficult! “Jazeera is a problem” also told us to stop reporting
@sharifkouddous [10]: Got searched by at 3 army checkpoints and 5 citizen checkpoints. Frisking an looking at IDs to prevent state security forces in
@shadihamid [11]: Opposition activist in tahrir: ‘we do believe this is the end’ #jan25 #egypt
@shadihamid [12]: Activist calls & warns: regime's last chance is chaos outside pres. palace & uses that as pretext to attack protestors #jan25
@shadihamid [13]: Activists: lieutenants told them that there were orders to shoot but those were lifted, likely due to intl pressure #jan25
@alaa [14]: I can't believe mubarak is that stupid? he sent 3 thugs with knives to attempt to terrorise 10s of thousands?!!! #Jan25
@Aboosh [15]: #Egypt! The whole world has its eyes on you today! Excited to see you stand up for ur freedom & dignity! Make us proud! #feb1
@shadihamid [16]: Reports of NDP thugs outside Cairo attacking buses trying to come in to the city #jan25
@sharifkouddous [17]: Wow. It's 10am and already more people in Tahrir than I have ever seen. And there's more flooding in #Egypt
@tomgara [18]: Web, then phones, then trains – Mubarak is turning off progress in reverse order. It ends with him banning pottery, or agriculture. #jan25
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011 [1].