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Army 'the key to unlocking the Egyptian puzzle'

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Police have been ordered back on to the streets of Cairo, as tens of thousands of people gather in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest.

Diane Gardiner, one of 20,000 British tourists in Egypt describes her difficulties in getting out of Cairo.

And Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and international relations at the London School of Economics Fawaz Gerges gives his analysis of the situation.


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