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  • Chaos engulfs Cairo; Mubarak points to succession

    HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press

    CAIRO— With protests raging, Egypt's president named his intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president on Saturday, setting the stage for a successor as chaos engulfed the capital. Soldiers stood by — a few even joining the demonstrators — and the death toll from five days of anti-government fury rose sharply to 74. Saturday's fast-moving developments across the north African nation marked a sharp turning point in President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule of Egypt. Residents and shopkeepers in affluent neigh...