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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.

  (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

CAIRO--An anti-Mubarak demonstrator covers his head while calling for help. Protests turned violent Wednesday, following Mubarak's Tuesday night announcement that he would stay in power until the next election. Human rights advocates report that the death toll from the protests in Egypt may be as high as 300.

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