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Egypt state television warns people to stay home

Arab World Materials 1 February 2011 12:23 (UTC +04:00)

Egypt state television warned people to stay home Tuesday and avoid what it said could be violent demonstrations, as anti-government protesters poured into the centre of Cairo for what is billed as a "march of a million."

State television, tightly controlled by the government of President Hosny Mubarak, has largely refrained from showing footage of the anti-government protests, DPA reported.

Meanwhile, there were reports of the government trying to organise counter protests, to rally support for the embattled Mubarak.

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