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Calling for Mubarak's 'Day of Departure'

By Julia Edwards and Carrie Mihalcik

Updated: June 2, 2012 | 12:05 a.m.
February 4, 2011 | 9:40 a.m.

(MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

CAIRO—Egyptian pro-government demonstrators hide behind an army tank as they battle anti-government opponents in Tahrir Square. Mubarak supporters have been described as highly organized, but smaller in number than those protesting his staying in power.


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