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NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/wo...t.html?_r=1&hp

Pressure intensified on President Hosni Mubarak’s government as the largest crowd of protesters in two weeks flooded Cairo’s streets on Tuesday and the United States delivered its most specific demands yet, urging swift steps toward democracy.

Protesters, some inspired by an emotional interview with an online political organizer on Egypt’s most popular talk show, occupied Tahrir Square, surrounded the Egyptian Parliament and staged sporadic demonstrations and strikes in several Egyptian cities.

At the same time, in a war of attrition with protesters for public opinion, Egyptian officials sought once more to declare the revolt a thing of the past.