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Egyptian anti-government activists chant slogans as they gather inside the Lawyers Syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations.  Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP/dapd)

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Egyptian man passes by with his motorcycle as riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.  Photo: Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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Anti-government activists wheel a rubbish bin to form a barricade as they clash with Egyptian riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.  Photo:Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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Plainclothes police arrest a protester during clashes in Cairo January 26, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.    Photo: REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.   Photo:Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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An Egyptian protester faces policemen during a protest downtown Cairo, Egypt, 26 January 2011. Fresh protests broke out in Egypt 26 January despite government warnings that demonstrations would not be tolerated. The action comes a day after nationwide anti-government demonstrations that left at least three people dead. Egyptian protesters resumed their calls for the dissolution of parliament, implementation of democracy and higher wages, along with the ouster of Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak.   Photo: EPA/stringer

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An anti-government protester clashes with a policeman in Cairo January 26, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.   Photo:  REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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Riot police clash with protesters in Cairo January 26, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.  Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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Egyptian anti-riot police confront Egyptian activist outside a journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group.  Photo: Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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Egyptian plain cloth policemen arrest Mohamed Abdul Quddus, Rapporteur of the civil Liberties Committee and member of the Press Syndicate Council, outside the journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group.  Photo:Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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Egyptian riot police disperse protesters with tear gas in central Cairo, Egypt, during the demonstration, early 26 January 2011. According to media sources, at least three people were killed in the protests throughout Egypt on 25 January, while dozens were arrested and hundreds more injured when black-clad riot police clashed with protesters who were calling for Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The so-called 'Day of Anger' ended in the early hours of 26 January after security forces used rubber bullets, tear gas, and water canons to disperse protesters.  Photo: EPA/stringer

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Anti-government demonstrators walk away after teargas was released to disperse them in downtown Cairo January 26, 2011. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Egyptian protesters in Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday after a long day of unprecedented protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30 year rule.  Photo: REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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Protesters stop traffic in the middle of a bridge over the Nile river during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule.  Photo: Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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Protesters roll an overturned police box into the middle of a bridge over the Nile river to make a barricade during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.    Photo:Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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A protester holds rocks in the air, ready to throw at riot police, as he urges other protesters on during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule.  Photo:Ben Curtis/AP/dapd

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A demonstrator defaces a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of protesters marched in Alexandria Tuesday in what was dubbed a 'Day of Rage' against Mubarak and lack of political freedoms under his rule.  Photo:AP/dapd/stringer