The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily: "Protesters heeded the call of the Kefaya movement in Cairo and the northern cities of Alexandria and Mansura, in the largest popular action against the 76-year-old ruler to date.
Security forces were deployed in thousands to thwart what some commentators have suggested could one day lead to Egypt�s own �velvet revolution� and organisers said 30 protesters were briefly detained across the country.
In Cairo, the capital�s chief of security himself ordered dozens of protesters heading towards the parliament building to retreat or face arrest, forcing the organisers to take the protest to the journalists� union building.
�Enough, enough,� the protesters sang, using a familiar opposition refrain against a new term for the veteran Egyptian leader, who has been in office since 1981. "
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