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Egyptian officials said Islamic militants ambushed two buses carrying off-duty police officers in the Sinai, killing 25; Mubarak could be released later this week

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Egyptian military and policemen carry coffins covered with national flags of bodies of off-duty policemen who were killed near the border town of Rafah, North Sinai, upon their arrival at Almaza military airport, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Islamic militants on Monday ambushed two mini-buses carrying off-duty policemen in the northern region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing more than two dozen of them execution-style in a brazen daylight attack that deepens the turmoil roiling the country and underscores the volatility of the strategic region.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press

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Egyptian military and policemen carry coffins, covered with national flags, containing the bodies of off-duty policemen who were killed near the border town of Rafah, North Sinai, upon their arrival at Almaza military airport, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Islamic militants on Monday ambushed two mini-buses carrying off-duty policemen in the northern region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing more than two dozen of them execution-style in a brazen daylight attack that deepens the turmoil roiling the country and underscores the volatility of the strategic region.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press

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The caskets of 25 policemen killed early Monday morning near the north Sinai town of Rafah lay on the ground after arriving at Almaza military airport in Cairo August 19, 2013. The 25 Egyptian policemen were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by Islamist militants, medical and security sources said. Attacks by Islamist militants in the lawless north Sinai region have intensified since the army overthrew President Mohammed Morsi on July 3.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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The caskets of 25 policemen killed early Monday morning near the north Sinai town of Rafah are carried after arriving at Almaza military airport in Cairo August 19, 2013. The 25 Egyptian policemen were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by Islamist militants, medical and security sources said.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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The caskets of 25 policemen killed early Monday morning near the north Sinai town of Rafah are carried after arriving at Almaza military airport in Cairo August 19, 2013. The 25 Egyptian policemen were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by Islamist militants, medical and security sources said.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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A supporter of the ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a Quran after a prayer at a mosque in Giza, Egypt, Aug. 19, 2013. According to state media and security officials on Monday, while security forces try to control demonstrations, a court in Egypt ordered that former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been detained on a variety of charges since his ouster in 2011, should be set free.BRYAN DENTON/The New York Times

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A man walks through the burned remains of Nahda Square, where pro-Morsi demonstrators had a sit-in that was broken up in a crackdown by Egyptian security forces, in Cairo, Aug. 19, 2013. According to state media and security officials on Monday, a court in Egypt ordered that former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been detained on a variety of charges since his ouster in 2011, should be set free.BRYAN DENTON/The New York Times

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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds up a copy of the Koran during a protest in front of Al Istkama mosque at Giza Square, south of Cairo, August 19, 2013.LOUAFI LARBI/Reuters

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An Egyptian soldier stands guard atop an armoured personnel carrier as he talks on his mobile phone in Giza, south of Cairo, August 19, 2013.LOUAFI LARBI/Reuters

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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, pictured, raise their hands and four fingers, a sign that protesters say symbolizes the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo that was cleared last week by Egyptian security forces, during a march in the Maadi district in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013.Amr Nabil/The Associated Press

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A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a T-shirt with his picture during a march in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Arabic reads, "yes to legitimacy." Tensions in Egypt have soared since the army ousted Morsi, Hosni Mubarak's successor, in a July 3 coup following days of protests by millions of Egyptians demanding the Islamist president leave and accusing him of abusing his powers. But Morsi's supporters have fought back, staging demonstrations demanding that he be reinstated and denouncing the military coup. On Wednesday, the military raided two protest camps of Morsi's supporters in Cairo, killing hundreds of people and triggering the current wave of violence.Amr Nabil/The Associated Press

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Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans against the military and interior ministry as two of them gesture during a protest in front of Al Istkama mosque at Giza Square, south of Cairo, August 19, 2013. The gesture, meaning "Rabaa" or "Four", is in reference to the police clearing of the Rabaa Adawiya protest camp on August 14.YOUSSEF BOUDLAL/Reuters

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Army soldiers guard in front of the Egyptian museum in Tahrir square, in Cairo August 19, 2013. Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 24 Egyptian policemen on Monday in the Sinai peninsula, where attacks on security forces have multiplied since the army overthrew President Mohammed Morsi on July 3.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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A woman walks in front of Egyptian army soldiers on guard near Tahrir Square in Cairo August 19, 2013.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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Egyptians remove a body for burial from the Zenhoum morgue following the deaths of hundreds of people in violence over the last week, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Egypt's army leader Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi vowed Sunday that the military would not tolerate further violence after days of nationwide clashes left nearly 900 people dead including dozens who were killed Sunday when Egyptian police fired tear gas in an attempt to free a guard from rioting detainees.Mohammed Assad/The Associated Press

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Egyptian army soldiers guard with armoured personnel carriers near Tahrir Square in Cairo August 19, 2013.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters

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