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Egyptian protesters haul down flag at U.S. Embassy in Cairo

Protesters chant slogans as smoke rises outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Demonstrators said Egyptian Coptic immigrants in the United States had made a video, posted on YouTube, that was anti-Muslim.

Protesters chant slogans as smoke rises outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Demonstrators said Egyptian Coptic immigrants in the United States had made a video, posted on YouTube, that was anti-Muslim.   (Mohammed Abu Zaid / Associated Press)

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More than a dozen Egyptian protesters, angry over what they called an anti-Muslim video, scaled the outer wall of the fortress-like U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and took down an American flag. Full story: Egyptian protesters haul down flag at U.S. Embassy in Cairo

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Egyptian protesters climb the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.   (Nasser Nasser / Associated Press)

Cairo protest

Egyptian protesters angry over what they say is an anti-Muslim video demonstrate at a wall of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. As many as 2,000 demonstrators had rallied outside the embassy earlier in the day to protest video footage posted on YouTube that demonstrators said had been made by Egyptian Coptic immigrants in the United States.   (Nasser Nasser / Associated Press)

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Protesters chant slogans outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.   (Mohammed Abu Zaid / Associated Press)

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