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An injured anti-government protester gestures as he is treated by medics during clashes in Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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An injured anti-government protester helps to destroy a monument in order to use the rubble for rocks during clashes in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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An injured anti-government protester is carried away from clashes in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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An Egyptian Muslim cleric cries in front of on army tank in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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President Obama signs the New START Treaty, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Standing, from left are, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, Senate Appropriations Committee ranking Republican Thad Cochran and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Jeanne Shaheen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama speaks about the situation in Egypt in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Stones fly through the air as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, foreground, fight with anti-Mubarak protesters, rear, standing on army tanks in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb.2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of Mr. Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)

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Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak scuffle with anti-government protesters near Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in central Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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President Obama leaves the lectern at the White House on Tuesday after speaking about the crisis in Egypt. He praised President Hosni Mubarak's decision not to seek re-election in September. (Associated Press)

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VOICE OF THE MASSES: The estimated number of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday was the largest thus far as the demand for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and his government continued in Egypt. (Associated Press)

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UNDER PRESSURE: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak tells his people Tuesday he will not seek re-election. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government demonstrators, gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square early Wednesday, watch President Obama live in Washington as he speaks about the crisis in Egypt and lauds Mr. Mubarak's decision not to seek re-election. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters shout their demands Tuesday as they march toward Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egyptian authorities have sought to save President Hosni Mubarak's regime with a series of concessions and promises to protesters, but the democratic fervor in the streets may prevail. Mr. Mubarak has announced he will not run for re-election in September. (Associated Press)

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Jordan's Royal Palace says King Abdullah II has fired his government in the wake of street protests and has asked an ex-army general to form a new Cabinet. King Abdullah's move comes after thousands of Jordanians took to the streets — inspired by the regime ouster in Tunisia and the turmoil in Egypt — and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai who is blamed for a rise in fuel and food prices, and slowed political reforms. (Associated Press)

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Jordanian protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration at the prime minister's office in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday. The opposition supporters demand that the prime minister step down as they vent their anger at rising prices, inflation and unemployment in Jordan. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander of Ward 7 says "no way" her constituent office's phone bill was more than $5,000 in arrears to Verizon. (Rod Lamkey Jr. for The Washington Times)

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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, speaks Tuesday at a news conference on the release of a report on northern border security. The panel's ranking member, Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, looks on. (Associated Press)