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Egypt Lifts 30 Year Long State of Emergency

Description:Egypt's ruling military council said that it will lift a 30-year-long state of emergency on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the start of the revolution that lead to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak's regime. Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who leads the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), said in a televised address that he has made a decision to end the state of emergency starting on the morning of January 25, 2012. (1:44)

Source: IBTimesTV

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