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Protesters (L) take cover behind a barricade as they and riot police throw stones during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 23, 2011. Egypt’s army chief Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom battled police through the night.
[Credit: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters]