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AROUND 180 British tourists were last night flying home from Egypt on a plane chartered by the Foreign Office to help UK nationals flee the capital Cairo, amid escalating violence between opponents and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak. Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday joined other European leaders to step up pressure on Mubarak to give up the reins of power after 30 years.
But foreign interference in Egyptian affairs was rejected by Vice President Omar Suleiman, who said: "Intervention in our internal affairs is strange, unacceptable and we will not allow it." In a lengthy interview on state television, Mr Suleiman said that the authorities were ready to talk with anti-government protesters, including activists of the proscribed Muslim Brotherhood, and accepted some of those involved in the demonstrations of the past week had voiced "legitimate, acceptable demands".See the full content of this document
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180 Britons Flee Egyptian Turmoil
But he also claimed there had been a conspiracy to destabilise Egypt and said those responsible for violence in Tahrir Sq...
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