(New York Times) Michael Slackman and Mona El-Naggar - President Hosni Mubarak's government dispatched thousands of riot police to central Cairo on Thursday to silence demonstrators intent on showing support for judges demanding independence from the president. The police clubbed men and women trying to demonstrate as well as half a dozen journalists. Egypt's 7,000 judges have also called for the right to be the sole monitor of elections.
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