Chaos engulfs Cairo, Mubarak points to succession

Saturday, January 29, 2011 | 6:21 p.m. CST; updated 3:22 p.m. CST, Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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.

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