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Police demand more rights
Low-level police rally to clear their name and ask for better wages and health care.
Last Modified: 13 Feb 2011 16:53 GMT



Hundreds of Egyptian police officers have rallied outside the country's interior ministry to demand better wages.

Often accused of violence against pro-democracy protesters, the police also gathered on Sunday in a bid to clear their name.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Egypt's capital, Cairo.

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