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Protesters clash with riot police in a back and forth melee that started in the middle of the night and continued into the morning in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt June 28, 2011. More than 1,000 people were injured. The turmoil, which seemed to take almost everyone by surprise, showed that almost any spark can ignite simmering tensions.