Chaos Builds In The Streets of Cairo As A Truce Fails -- New York Times
CAIRO — The outskirts of Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of Egypt’s revolution, plunged into chaos on Wednesday, after attempts by the Egyptian military, religious clerics and doctors failed to stanch a fifth day of fighting that has posed the greatest crisis to the country since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in February.
The fighting in darkened streets, suffused with tear gas and eerily illuminated by the flashing lights of police cars and the floodlights of armored personnel carriers, seemed to stand as a metaphor for a political transition that has careened into deep uncertainty just days before elections that were supposed to anchor the shift from military to civilian rule.
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Egypt unrest: Military apologises for protest deaths -- BBC
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Egyptian court orders release of 3 US students -- AP
3 American students freed in Egypt -- CNN
Three US students 'released' in Egypt -- The Guardian
Standard & Poor’s cuts Egypt sovereign rating on political crisis; outlook negative -- Washington Post/AP
S&P Cuts Egypt's Rating One Notch -- Wall Street Journal
Egypt Rating Cut at S&P for Second Time in Five Weeks -- Bloomberg Businessweek
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