(Reuters) Marwa Awad and Alexander Dziadosz - Egyptian police and soldiers fired weapons and used batons and teargas for a fifth day on Tuesday in the latest effort to clear Cairo's central Tahrir Square of opponents of army rule. Security forces charged hundreds of protesters attempting to hold their ground. Medical sources say 13 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the violence that began on Friday.
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