Tahrir Tent-Builders Set to Stay Until Mubarak Goes
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Surrounded by tanks and the world’s television cameras, the protesters on Cairo’s Tahrir Square are bedding down to secure their place in history.
The groups challenging the three-decade-long rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his deputy, Omar Suleiman, have built shelters from tarpaulins and made beds from blankets and clothing as they become accustomed to sleeping outdoors next to the caterpillar tracks of the military vehicles.