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Anti-government protesters sit down in front of Egyptian Army tanks to prevent them from moving, as one climbs on the tank to chant and fly the Egyptian flag before being ordered down by a soldier, at the protest site opposite the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.
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Associated Press Writer CAIRO – Egypt’s vice president met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups for the first time Sunday and offered sweeping concessions, including granting press freedom and rolling back police powers in the government’s latest attempt to try to end nearly two weeks of upheaval. But the opposition leaders held firm to a demand the government rejects: that President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately. And the source of the opposition’s sudden power — the youthful protesters filling Cairo’s main square — said they weren’t even represented at the talks and won’t negotiate until Mubarak is gone. “None of those who attended rep-
resent us,” said Khaled Abdul-Hamid, one leader of a new coalition representing at least five youth movements that organized the 13-day-old protests. “We are determined to press on until our number one demand is met” — the ouster of Mubarak. “The regime is retreating,” Abdul-Hamid told The Associated Press. “It is making more concessions every day.” At the same time,
there were signs that the paralysis gripping the country since the crisis began was easing Sunday, the first day of Egypt’s work week. Some schools reopened for the first time in more than a week, and so did banks — though for only three hours, with long lines outside. A night curfew remains, and tanks continue to ring the city’s central square and guard government build-
ings, embassies and other important institutions. Since protests began Jan. 25, the 82-year-old Mubarak has pledged not to seek another term in elections to be held in September. The government promised that his son Gamal, who had widely been expected to succeed him, will not do so. Mubarak appointed a vice president — Omar Suleiman — for the first time since he took office three decades ago. He sacked his Cabinet, named a new one and promised reforms. And on Saturday, the top leaders of the ruling party, including Gamal Mubarak, were purged. Continued on page 6
Aguilera repeats line of national anthem Associated Press Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas – Christina Aguilera flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl Sunday night. When she was supposed to sing the line “O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming,” she instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation. She sang “What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last gleaming,” which is the same line from earlier in the song but with the word `watched’ instead of the
word `hailed.’ The mistake immediately set social networks abuzz with people commenting on the error. Aguilera’s representative did not immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment. She’s not the first person to mess up the lines of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In
2001, Macy Gray was famously booed for her off-kilter rendition of the national anthem. She garbled the words at the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game in Canton, Ohio, her home state. She later told The Associated Press: “That was definitely life’s most embarrassing moment.”
Singer Cristina Aguilera sings the national anthem before the start of the Super Bowl between the G4reen Bay Packersa and the Pittsburgh Steelers on February 6, 2011 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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