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So many of them had fallen ill with radioactivity poisoning. that kind of stuff. that is one reason why perhaps they left. we do know when the russians took over there was a small team on site which was there for safety reasons. one thing the nuclear reactor which is encased in cement as well as the nuclear fuel rods, they'd been worked to the point of exhaustion. so clearly now they are the ones who will have some relief. they're allowed to get in. and the ukrainians they say at least are back in control. >> john vause is our international anchor on cnn international and he will be here leadi...

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But just as fast as the soldiers came here, they disappeared again. right now i don't see a single soldier on the ground. again, i saw that military commander. he walked through here. he's a colonel. he was talking to the people. he said everything was all right. but, yeah, i mean, they certainly did assert themselves and definitely make clear that, yes, they're happy for all of this to be going on and people dancing in the streets and joyful but certainly not going to take any disruptions and are going to be quite forceful in that takes place. >> fred, i have to say you've been doing incredib...

Condition. we want to bring you more now on the revolution in egypt. crowds are still in cairo's tahrir square on this day after hosni mubarak stepped down as president. after weeks of mass protests cleanup is finally getting under way in the square. watching all of that is cnn's fredric pleitgen. >> it wasn't all a party, i guess, but after the partying and the rioting comes the cleanup. the protesters themselves who are actually doing it. they're out in force with brooms, with shovels, they're clearing away a lot of the rocks that was used in the rioting. the trash that was there. there wa...

Obviously the police were heavy handed in their response to the riots, however -- >> i want to apologize to our viewers. we appear to have lost fredric pleitgen. we'll work to get him back. >> senior state department producer denise lavitt, will be joining us from washington with the latest developments. speaking of washington, let's talk a little bit right here why this is so important to the u.s. first of all, i mean, you know this region so well, where this is all unfolding. let's talk about the suez canal. why is that at play here and why should the u.s. care about it? >> anyone at home wh...