Thousands of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square gave a hero's welcome to a Google executive and activist who has become a symbol of the country's anti-government movement.
February 9, 2011

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Thousands of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square gave a hero's welcome to a Google executive and activist who has become a symbol of the country's anti-government movement.

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REPORTER: Do you think you're going to succeed?

GHONIM: We don't care. We're going to do whatever we've got to do.

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