Top of the Hour: Update From Tahrir Square, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to plan for a second week of pro-democracy rallies against the military-controlled transitional government. The BBC’s Wyre Davies  is in Tahrir Square and reports on the latest.

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