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Protests sweep Egypt at Mubarak verdicts

Hundreds of Egyptians occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday after a night of rage against what they feel were lenient sentences handed down to ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak and his security chiefs. A judge sentenced Mubarak, 84, and his interior minister Habib al-Adly to life in prison on Saturday.