Clashes Heat Up Around Tahrir Square

The Takeaway

Columnist for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof reports live from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, where pro and anti-government clashes are turning violent again. Egyptian soldiers had been separating the two sides, but are now letting the protesters advance. Gunshots have been heard.

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