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CAIRO, Egypt -- On Sunday, May 4, Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak celebrated his 80th birthday, and the front pages of government-run newspapers cited his accomplishments since acquiring
power in 1981. Nevertheless,
on that same morning, the presence of five olive-green
riot patrol vehicles parked just a few feet from one of Cairo's busiest
squares attested that all is not well in Mubarak's
domain. But what
had been planned as a follow up to an April strike that
shook Cairo for several days never materialized.
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