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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 7:26 a.m.

Clashes Mark Egypt Revolt's Anniversary

Egyptian police lob a tear gas canister over a security barrier as youth retaliate with rocks. It's a violent start to the second anniversary of Egypt's uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and ushered in an Islamist-led government. By afternoon prayer time, thousands of opponents of President Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood allies had gathered in Tahrir Square -- there to revive the demands of a revolution that they say has been betrayed by the Islamists.
 
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