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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50503-2004Aug31.html
Egyptians Test Waters in Anticipation of Reform
(Washington Post) Daniel Williams- In Cairo, activists of all stripes - left, right, and Islamic - are testing the limits of political activity in anticipation of major reform in Egypt. Mubarak's government tolerates officially registered opposition groups, but many unofficial organizations have begun operating since a cautious liberalization of laws on association in the late 1990s. Still, fear of a crackdown is often evident when opposition groups meet.