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						Oftop  The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says crowds of protesters formed a human chain around the Mugamma, a major government building
 Egypt is increasing pay and pensions for public-sector workers by 15% as protesters defy attempts to return the country to normality.
 
 Banks have re-opened, but the stock exchange will not resume trading until Sunday 13 February and the Egyptian pound has fallen to a six-year low.
 
 The government put up $2.2bn of short-term debt up for auction to inject money into the battered economy.
 
 Thousands of protesters have stayed in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a 14th day.
 
 They say they will only leave when President Hosni Mubarak stands
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