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Egypt: Away from the protests

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Could today's protests in Egypt be the tipping point for the embattled President Mubarak?

With the army declaring they won't use force to stop an expected one million out on the streets, the regime's grip on control of the population seems to be getting weaker.

Away from the main streets of Cairo, our Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly examines whether ordinary Egyptian people are bolstered to join today's demonstrations.


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