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Egypt cuts Internet, deploys riot police

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Egyptians woke Friday morning to find their Internet access shut down in much of the country and to the sight of heavy deployments of black-clad, truncheon-wielding riot police, as the country braced for massive anti-government protests on a scale unseen in decades.

Opposition activists said the popular turnout on this traditional day of prayer and rest could prove to be decisive in determining whether the historic four-day-old protest movement gains momentum in its calls for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule, or fizzles beneath the weight of a violent government crackdown.

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