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Google's exec in Egypt set free
February 7, 2011: 10:44 AM ETWael Ghonim, Google's executive in Egypt and one of the leaders of the uprising, has been missing for a ten days. now Al Arabiya television says he's been set free.
Ten days ago, just as things were getting hot in Egypt, Wael Ghonim tweeted, "Pray for #Egypt. Very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people. We are all ready to die #Jan25". That was the last communications heard from the Google (GOOG) executive.
Now Al Arabiya television via Reuters is reporting that he's been set free. (Update: State Department confirms)
Mr. Ghonim's social-media savvy helped spark the massive demonstrations threatening MuBarak's ruling regime.
The WSJ reports that Ghonim has seen this day coming for awhile:
"I said one year ago that the Internet will change the political scene in Egypt and some Friends made fun of me
," Mr. Ghonim wrote on his personal Facebook profile for friends after two days of swelling protests in Cairo. The next day, Jan. 28, he disappeared.
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