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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to be freed

Former Egyptian president Mubarak, who was overthrown in 2011, will be released from jail within days after a prosecutor cleared him on corruption charges. The news comes as a new surge of violence, 25 policemen were killed in an ambush in Egypt and as the U.S. is reportedly taking the first steps to withhold economic assistance from Egypt. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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