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An army helicopter patrols over Tahrir square in Cairo in the early morning mist Jan. 31, 2011.YANNIS BEHRAKIS

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An army tank blocks traffic on the October 6th bridge over the river Nile near Tahrir square in Cairo Jan. 31, 2011. Protesters intensified their campaign on Monday to force Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to quit as world leaders struggled to find a solution to a crisis that has torn up the Middle East political map.YANNIS BEHRAKIS

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An army tank blocks traffic on the October 6th bridge over the river Nile near Tahrir square in Cairo Jan. 31, 2011.YANNIS BEHRAKIS

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Egyptian protestors gather near army tanks in Cairo's central Tahrir square on Jan. 31, 2011.MIGUEL MEDINA

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A soldier mans a machine gun atop an Armoured Personnel Carrier near the pyramids in Cairo Jan. 31, 2011.YANNIS BEHRAKIS

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A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard on the main floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers.Tara Todras-Whitehill

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Egyptian special forces patrol next to a broken display case inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Jan. 31, 2011.Tara Todras-Whitehill

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Members of the Egyptian army wash up in front of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 31, 2011.Tara Todras-Whitehill

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People gather in Cairo's international airport while waiting to check-in for their flights on Jan. 31, 2011, as they try to leave Egypt following days of violent anti-government protests.MIGUEL MEDINA

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People gather in Cairo's international airport while waiting to check-in for their flights on Jan. 31, 2011 as they try to leave Egypt following days of violent anti-government protests.MIGUEL MEDINA

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Consumers shop at the Hiber Market in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. Police and garbage collectors appeared on the streets of Cairo Monday morning and subway stations reopened after soldiers and neighborhood watch groups kept the peace in many districts.Khalil Hamra

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Egyptians read the news and smoke water pipes in central Cairo on Jan. 31, 2011.MOHAMMED ABED

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Egyptian soldiers try to protect a civilian from angry protestors who thought he was a plainclothes police officer, on Jan. 31, 2011 in Cairo's Tahrir square.KHALED DESOUKI

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Egyptian soldiers try to protect a civilian from angry protestors who thought he was a plainclothes police officer, on Jan. 31, 2011, in Cairo's Tahrir square.KHALED DESOUKI

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An Egyptian soldier shoots rounds in the air to disperse angry protestors who attacked a civilian thinking he was a plainclothes policeman, on Jan. 31, 2011 in Cairo's Tahrir square.KHALED DESOUKI

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People walk past a burned police station in Cairo, Jan. 31, 2011.Lefteris Pitarakis

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An Egyptian police officer controls the traffic in a street in central Cairo on Jan. 31, 2011.MOHAMMED ABED

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Egyptian women demonstrate in front of the Mustafa Mahmud mosque in Cairo to lament the deaths of protesters Jan. 31, 2011.MIGUEL MEDINA

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Tourists from the U.S. arrive at Athens International Airport from Cairo on Monday.

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Tourist Sheryl Horowitz, right, hugs tour director Nancy Davis, both from the U.S., after their arrival from Egypt at Athens International Airport on Monday.

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