Politics & Government
Anti-government demonstrators holding tin sheets as shields stand their ground at about 9 a.m. outside Tahrir Square in central Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, February 3, 2011, the scene of heavy clashes with pro-government forces a day earlier. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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An Egyptian army commander pleads with protesters to return to Liberation Square and not to engage in rock throwing with the pro-Hosni Mubarak supporters in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Fighting and clashes continued for a second day around Tahrir Square, Thursday, February 3, 2011, between Mubarak supporters and detractors. Anti-regime supporters move past their barriers as they push pro-Mubarak supporters back. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Fighting and clashes continued for a second day around Tahrir Square, Thursday, February 3, 2011, between Mubarak supporters and detractors. Anti-regime protesters beat a suspected policeman that got trapped behind their lines as they advance on the pro-Mubarak supporters. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Fighting and clashes continued for a second day around Tahrir Square, Thursday, February 3, 2011, between Mubarak supporters and detractors. A man points to what he claims is evidence that policemen are fighting on the side of the pro-Mubarak supporters, including ID cards and license plates. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Fighting and clashes continued for a second day around Tahrir Square, Thursday, February 3, 2011, between Mubarak supporters and detractors. The battles moved to a major intersection in downtown Cairo. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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As the battle continues, an anti-Hosni Mubarak protester mourns the death of his brother in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011, after he died a day earlier on the front line of clahses with Mubarak supporters. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A man receives medical treatment in an emergency clinic on the anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters' side of the battle after he was detained as a suspected infiltrator and roughed up during the scuffle in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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An anti-Hosni Mubarak protester climbs up a rope to help support other protesters on an overpass at the edge of Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters throw rocks at rival group at the edge of Liberation Square, where they clashed for a second day in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The protesters were able to push back the rival group several blocks, but the fighting continues unabated. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters, hiding behind makeshift shields, throw rocks at rival group at the edge of Liberation Square, where they clashed for a second day in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The protesters were able to push back the rival group several blocks, but the fighting continues unabated. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Two anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters take cover behind a makeshift barricade as rival forces throw rocks at them at the edge of Liberation Square, where they clashed for a second day in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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An anti-Hosni Mubarak protester mourns the death of his brother at a site on the front line where a pool of blood remains in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The protesters clashed with pro-government forces for a second day as the fighting continues unabated. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters, including many already wounded, watch rival pro-Mubarak forces at the edge of Liberation Square, where they clashed for a second day in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The protesters were able to push back the rival group several blocks, but the fighting continues unabated. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters throw rocks at rival group pro-Mubarak forces at the edge of Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The protesters were able to push back the rival group several blocks. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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An anti-Hosni Mubarak protester lies down in the streets to prevent an Egyptian tank from entering Libearation Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, February 3, 2011, and knocking down one the the barricades set up by the protesters to keep back pro-Mubarak forces. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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