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Cairo (CNN) - Military police poured into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday in hopes of stopping clashes between protesters and police, as the Egyptian government said a truce had been declared through a group of clerics.
The truce lasted about three hours.
CNN saw military police lined up, separating protesters from the police.
But after a period of calm, some protesters began throwing rocks at soldiers. Riot police responded with tear gas; the unrest continued late Wednesday.
Some army soldiers tried to stop security forces from shooting tear gas, but they were outnumbered.
On state-run TV, the government said religious scholars were on their way "to form a human shield between the protesters and the security forces."
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Post by: Ivan Watson Filed under: Egypt |
Cabinet members in Egypt offered their resignations amid renewed protests and violence in Tahrir Square.
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Post by: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Filed under: Ben Wedeman • Egypt |
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