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  Egypt's ruling military sought to discredit the pro-democracy movement. (Mohammed Abed, AFP)
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  The military did so by portraying a detained protester as a woman of questionable morals, accusing a prominent publisher of incitement and alleging the media is trying to sabotage the country. (Mohammed Abed, AFP)
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  The verbal attacks by the ruling military council came after troops in riot gear swept through Cairo's Tahrir Square opening fire on protesters and lobbing tear gas into the crowds. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  At least three people were killed, pushing the death toll from four days of street clashes to 14. (AP)
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  The military has dealt with the protesters much more roughly than at any other time since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. (AP)
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  The crackdown may reflect the military's fury over the activists' distribution of videos showing soldiers bludgeoning women and other protesters. (Nasser Nasser, AP)
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  The verbal attacks by the ruling military council came after troops in riot gear swept through Cairo's Tahrir Square opening fire on protesters and lobbing tear gas into the crowds. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  The weak showing of the pro-democracy movement in the parliamentary elections may have also emboldened the military. (Mohammed Abed, AFP)
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  Egyptian protesters stand on top of cement blocks, part of a barrier that the military set up to block the road and separate army troops from protesters, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (Nasser Nasser, AP)
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  An Egyptian man chants slogans during a protest demanding the end to military rule in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. (AP)
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  Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers in riot gear swept through Cairo's Tahrir Square and opened fire on protesters demanding an immediate end to military rule. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  A woman holds used ammunition from Egyptian military and a poster showing two beaten men. (AP)
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  An Egyptian protester prepares to throw a burning fabric towards riot police during clashes in central Cairo. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  The Institute of Egypt in central Cairo caught fire during deadly clashes between security forces and protesters. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  The heavily damaged historic centre for the advancement of scientific research, housing priceless national archives, was founded in 1798 during Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition Egypt. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  The institute contained more than 20,000 precious documents and manuscripts. (Mohammed Abed, AFP)
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  An Egyptian man removes burning books from the destroyed Institute of Egypt (background) in central Cairo. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
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  An Egyptian protester throws rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt. Activists say the clashes began after soldiers severely beat a young man who was part of a sit-in outside the Cabinet building. (AP)
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  A cameraman flees as Egyptian protesters threw rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt. (Ahmed Ali, AP)
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  Egyptian protesters threw rocks and firebombs at military police as another waves a national flag during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt. (Amr Hafez, AP)
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  Egyptian protesters throw rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. (Ahmed Ali, AP)
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  Egyptian protesters threw rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. (Ahmed Ali, AP)
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  An Egyptian protester throws a fire bomb at military police inside Parliament building during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. (Amr Hafez, AP)
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  Egyptian army soldiers arrest a woman protester during clashes with military police near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt. (AP)
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  An injured Egyptian protester shouts following clashes with military police near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. (Amr Hafez, AP)
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  Egyptian protesters throw rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. (Ahmed Ali, AP)

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