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Demonstrators continued to confront security forces in Cairo’s Tahrir for a fifth day on Wednesday, demanding democratic reforms be accelerated. Despite a deal struck between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military to speed up the transition, protesters are staying put. But as BBC reporter Hugh Sykes found, not all Egyptians are protesting in Tahrir Square.
Demonstrators continued to confront security forces in Cairo’s Tahrir for a fifth day on Wednesday, demanding democratic reforms be accelerated. Despite a deal struck between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military to speed up the transition, protesters are staying put. But as BBC reporter Hugh Sykes found, not all Egyptians are protesting in Tahrir Square.