Online reaction to the crisis in Egypt
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Citizens, writers, activists, journalists and even satirists have been publishing their views on the standoff in Egypt on microblog and social network sites like Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Below, a curated list of some posts that caught our eye.
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