Against Assault, Intimidation Women Press On for 'New Egypt'
<div class='node-body'><p>A rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday turned violent when a group of men attacked women who had gathered to protest their continued mistreatment in Egypt. The smaller gathering of about fifty women and additional male allies took place amid a larger march against former dictator Hosni Mubarak's prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, a candidate in next week's presidential election run-off.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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