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Egyptian man sets himself ablaze in central Cairo

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An Egyptian man set himself on fire Monday outside the country's parliament, security officials said, in an apparent protest emulating the self-immolation of an unemployed Tunisian man last month that helped trigger a popular uprising.

 

Egyptian security officials said policemen guarding the parliament building in central Cairo used fire extinguishers to quickly put out the blaze engulfing the man, who was later taken to the hospital with burns mostly to his face. (AP)

 

 

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