Protesters wave flags in Tahrir Square. Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images 9.53am: Good morning. Protests against the government in Egypt are entering their 17th day today. Protesters remain camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square and outside the People's Assembly, calling for Hosni Mubarak, the president, to leave office immediately. The US and Egypt have got into a row over Washington's call
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