Clashes erupt amid Egypt protest

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There have been fierce clashes in the Egyptian capital between supporters of President Hosni Mubarak and protesters calling on him to resign immediately. State TV said a member of the security forces had been killed and hundreds of people wounded in pitched battles in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. The World's Matthew Bell is in Cairo. 

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