Activists defiant, plan major protest on Friday

CAIRO ' The Egyptian military on Wednesday called on people to return home after nine days of mass revolt against President Hosni Mubarak, but activists said a major protest planned for Friday would go ahead. The army's statement came a day after Mubarak addressed the nation, pledging he would not run for re-election in September after three decades of rule, and saying he would seek to ease the conditions for presidential candidacy. But he did not offer to step down immediately, the key demand of protesters who have flooded the streets of Egypt's cities over the last nine days. On Wednesday, pro-regime demonstrators staged several protests...

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