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Egyptian Wael Ghonim, a Google Inc. marketing manager who became a hero of the demonstrators since he went missing on Jan. 27, hugs the mother of Khaled Said, a 28-year-old businessman who died in June 2010 at the hands of undercover police, on Tuesday at Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Associated Press)

Freed young Egyptian energizes protests

By Maggie Michael and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Egyptian Wael Ghonim (center), a Google Inc. marketing manager who was a key organizer of the online campaign that sparked the first protest on Jan. 25, talks to the crowd at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday. Another young protester drew applause when he declared: "We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the regime." (Associated Press)

Egyptians show no signs of weariness

By Heather Murdock - The Washington Times

A vandalized souvenir shop near Tahrir Square in Cairo gives only a small indication of the big economic fallout from the continuing anti-government protests in Egypt. (Associated Press)

Makeshift clinics treat ill, injured in Cairo

By Heather Murdock - The Washington Times