SCOTT SIMON, host:
And to recap today's new story, a new era has begun in Egypt after the fall of President Mubarak. Today, the Egyptian army announced it would, quote, "look to guarantee the peaceful transition of power in the framework in a free democratic system which allows an elected civilian power to govern the country to build a democratic free state."
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