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Cairo Demonstrations Hit Standstill as Mubarak Offers More Concessions


(Washington Post) Craig Whitlock - Egyptian President Mubarak sought to defuse a mass revolt by offering further concessions to an opposition movement that continued to jam Cairo's central Tahrir Square with tens of thousands of protesters. Mubarak's government announced a 15% pay raise for public employees and pensioners, about 6 million people. It also pledged a judicial investigation into allegedly corrupt dealings by former ministers and party officials.
2011-02-08 00:00:00
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