Police and Protesters Clash in Cairo
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Lost Literature
An Egyptian book restoration official arranges burnt pages of the original ancient copy of "Le Description de L'Egypt" (The Description of Egypt), written by scientists who came with Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt in the late 18th century, on December 19, 2011. They were saved from Cairo's Scientific Institute, which burned down several days before.
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