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FREEDOM CALL ON CAIRO STREETS
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
GANGS OF THUGS battle with pro-democracy demonstrators for control of the centre of Cairo following a week of strikes and mass protests that has paralysed the country and brought his regime to its knees. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has stepped down.
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[ Freedom call on Cairo streets ]
Con-Dems back off from pensions fight
by Caroline Colebrook
THE CON-DEM Coalition last week announced that it would not be introducing major changes to public sector pensions in the Budget this March, saying it would not have the detailed proposals ready until the summer.
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[ Con-Dems back off from pensions fight ]