Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the strongman whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Cairo University, waving pictures of Mubarak behind bars and demanding the "fall of the regime," the rallying cry of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook governments from Tunisia to the gulf in 2011.
Police stood ready at the gates to bar students that sought to take their demonstration into the streets.
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