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Egypt's house of parliament in flames

In Egypt, dozens of firefighters have been working to tackle a major blaze that's engulfed the country's upper house of parliament in Cairo. Rescue teams were hampered by a lack of water.

Al Jazeera's Amr El-Kahky said the blaze was believed to have been started by an electrical short circuit.

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