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Those demonstrations did not just shake the Arab world; they nudged every nation.
But prayers and demonstrations did not appear to be attracting any swell of support to the bill.
That's not because they didn't love President Dilma Rousseff; it's because these demonstrations did not seek to topple Brazil's democratically-elected government.
In a statement on Facebook on Thursday, army command said it would not take "arbitrary measures against any faction or political current" and would guarantee the right to protest, as long as demonstrations did not threaten national security.
Despite all of this and despite the curfew, the demonstrations did not stop, fueled by popular fury at President Mubarak's slowness to address the people and, a few hours later, indignation at the deplorable speech he finally gave.
The situation has not been helped by a recent judgment from the European court of human rights that declared the kettling of protesters and passersby at the 2001 May Day demonstrations did not deprive them of their right to liberty.
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Big demonstrations do not necessarily trump that.
Sombre demonstrations do not defeat this assault on free speech.
Greek-style demonstrations do not suit an Irish mindset weary of decades of Northern Ireland violence.
The financing of these demonstrations does not directly concern the Childs, who derive no money from them personally.
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