10 Things You Need To Know For Wednesday

The same chants used against Egypt's Hosni Mubarak are being turned against his successor as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians challenge new President Mohammed Morsi's assertion of near-absolute powers. More than 200,000 people packed Egypt's Tahrir Square on Tuesday in the biggest challenge yet to Morsi. The massive, flag-waving throng rivaled some of the largest crowds that helped drive Mubarak from office last year. "The people want to bring down the regime!" and "erhal, erhal" — Arabic for "leave, leave" — rang out across the plaza, this time directed at Egypt's first freely elected president.

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