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Egypt protests escalate

Egypt's army is deployed as anti-government protests escalate on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, with tens of thousands defying a curfew.

Tear gas launched by Egyptian police officers is seen over a bridge thronging with anti-government protesters during clashes in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Tear gas launched by Egyptian police officers is seen over a bridge thronging with anti-government protesters during clashes in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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