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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has toured Cairo's Tahrir Square, the centre of the popular uprising which toppled Egypt's long-time autocratic leader last month.

Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo’s central square on horses and camels as others rained firebombs from rooftops in an apparent orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt’s autocratic leader of 30 years.