Germany, France and the UK have told Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak to begin the transition to democracy "now," amid pitched battles between government forces and pro-democracy protesters in Cairo's main plaza.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said that the "orderly transition" that EU foreign ministers had called for two days before - in conclusions which deliberately left the schedule open - "needs to start now". His French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, issued a similar cal...
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