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Mubarak Verdict Due On June 2

Outside the court in Cairo where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been on trial, a man earlier today held a sign saying there was a noose waiting for Mubarak. Marco Longari /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Mubarak Verdict Due On June 2

If he's found guilty of ordering the deaths of protesters last year, Egypt's former president could be put to death.

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks with Steve Inskeep

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Egyptian Elections: 62 Percent Turnout

Nov. 28: Women place their votes in a ballot box at a polling station in a girls school in Cairo. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption

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Egyptian Elections: 62 Percent Turnout

The country's first freely elected parliament is likely to be dominated by Islamist religious parties.

Egyptian Elections: 62 Percent Turnout

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Turnout High For Egyptian Elections

An Egyptian woman shows her ink-stained finger after voting at a polling station in the Manial neighborhood of Cairo earlier today (Nov. 28, 2011). Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Turnout High For Egyptian Elections

Voting has begun in Egypt, where the nation's first parliamentary elections are being held since the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak's regime nine months ago. So far turnout is high and things are going well — a relief after last week's protests.

Secretary Clinton: Visiting Cairo's Tahrir Square Is 'Exciting And Very Moving'

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (in red) shook hands with a child as she visited Cairo's Tahrir Square earlier today (March 16, 2011). Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Secretary Clinton: Visiting Cairo's Tahrir Square Is 'Exciting And Very Moving'

"To see where this revolution happened and all that it has meant to the world is extraordinary for me," the U.S. secretary of state added.

Michele Kelemen reporting from Cairo

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In Egypt: 'Mini-Revolutions;' Labor Protests

Egyptian antiquities graduates protested in front of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo today (Feb. 14, 2011). They were among many groups demanding jobs, higher pay or better working conditions. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption

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In Egypt: 'Mini-Revolutions;' Labor Protests

While the military wants to get the country back to normal, the workers are "trying to get their own demands, their own voices, heard in their particular workplaces."

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Mubarak's Speech Disappoints And Angers Protesters

An Egyptian anti-goverment holds his national flag as he shouts slogans against President Hosni Mubarak at Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 10, 2011, on the 17th day of protests against Mubarak's regime. Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Mubarak's Speech Disappoints And Angers Protesters

Secretary General Hossam Badrawi of the National Democratic Party told Britain's Channel 4 News that Mubarak is likely to hand power over to the vice president.

In Egypt: Fear Of A Crackdown, But Protesters Remain Determined

As an anti-government protester chanted today in Cairo, an Egyptian Army soldier watched from the roof of parliament. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption

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In Egypt: Fear Of A Crackdown, But Protesters Remain Determined

Warnings from Egypt's vice president and foreign minister, and reports about the military allegedly torturing some people, have protesters worried.

Steve Inskeep and Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Wael Ghonim: Egyptian Protesters' Unlikely Leader Says He's 'Ready To Die'

After addressing the crowd of protesters, Wael Ghonim spoke to reporters at Cairo's Tahrir square on Tuesday (Feb. 8, 2011.) Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wael Ghonim: Egyptian Protesters' Unlikely Leader Says He's 'Ready To Die'

It's not clear that he wants the mantle of leadership, but many of Egypt's anti-government demonstrators would like to see the Google executive take on that role.

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro on Wael Ghonim

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In Egypt, Google Exec 'Galvanized' Protesters

Wael Ghonim greeted thousands of anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square earlier today (Feb. 8, 2011). John Moore/Getty Images hide caption

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In Egypt, Google Exec 'Galvanized' Protesters

Wael Ghonim's emotional appearance on TV after spending 12 days in custody has given the movement added momentum. Today's anti-government turnout was among the largest since demonstrations began.

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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