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A veiled woman holds a poster calling for President Hosni Mubarak to go, in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Tens of thousands of people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou) (AP)

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Anti-government protesters offer their evening prayers, in front of an Egyptian army tank securing the area, during a protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

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An unidentified high ranked military official, center, and a police officer explain to the crowd that army, police and the citizens must work hand in hand, in Cairo, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011. The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou) (AP)

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Egyptian anti-government protesters climb atop an Egyptian army armored personnel carrier in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

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Protesters throw firebombs at riot police after police shot at protesters accompanying the funeral procession of an anti-government protester killed yesterday, in a street near Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Thousands of protesters returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and demanding his departure. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (Associated Press)

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and his wife Teresa Heinz talks with guests at the funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Potomac, Md., Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. Shriver, an in-law of the Kennedys, and the first director of the Peace Corps, died Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool) (AP)

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The Egyptian museum is seen intact, right, as smoke billows from the ruling National Democratic party building, torched by anti government protesters overnight, in central Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

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Tunisian protestors, staging an overnight protest, demonstrate in front of the prime minister office in Tunis last year. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

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An Egyptian woman flees as Egyptian anti-riot policemen clash with protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Egypt imposes curfew as military enters streets

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Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei talks to members of the media as he arrives at Cairo's airport in Egypt, from Austria, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. ElBaradei told reporters that 'the regime has not been listening.' He urged the Egyptian regime to exercise restraint with protesters, saying they have been met with a good deal of violence which could lead to an 'explosive situation.' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Hamza Hendawi, Sarah El Deeb

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Students demonstrate, some carrying posters reading "RCD get out", in Tunis, Thursday Jan. 27, 2011. A government official says Tunisia's prime minister is expected to announce the country's second interim government since the ouster of the former dictator. Protesters are demanding that the new government not include members of the Ben Ali's party, the RCD. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi) (AP)

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The perfect set of preconditions for a global tsunami of instability and turmoil may be in place.

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Protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Thousands of angry demonstrators marched through Tunisia's capital Friday, demanding the resignation of the country's autocratic leader a day after he appeared on TV to try to stop deadly riots that have swept the North African nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (AP)

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Protestors hold a banner reading "Ben Ali get out", calling for the resignation of Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in the capital, Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14,2011. Thousands of angry demonstrators marched through Tunisia's capital Friday, demanding the resignation of the country's autocratic leader a day after he appeared on TV to try to stop deadly riots that have swept the North African nation. (AP Photo) (AP)

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