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CAIRO – On his way home from the downtown Cairo restaurant where he works on a recent evening, Ahmed Ali took a double takeover: Tahrir Square, home to the famous Egyptian museum and revolutions, was almost completely dark.
Usually, a golden light dripped. But that night, almost his lighting came from the red subway prevention signal.
Was there a blackout? Ali his fellow waiters. No, they said.
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