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Egypt's eager military graduates
A degree from the military academy can promise job security in a poor country.
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2010 07:36 GMT

Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, has attended a graduation ceremony to congratulate a new batch of trained officers from the country's most prestigious military academy, Mubarak's alma matar and the oldest in North Africa.

A degree from the academy can promise job security in a country grappling with poverty, but many of the graduates from the class of 2010 have bigger aspirations beyond the military.

Al Jazeera's Amr El-Kahky reports from Cairo, Egypt's capital.

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