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good evening. after nearly two weeks of protests and clashes, some normalcy returned to egypt today. banks reopened, schools held classes. behind closed doors, what happened was anything but normal. it was historic. the mubarak government met with 50 opposition leaders to explore a transition to democracy, such a meeting once would have been unthinkable. even more remarkable, it included representatives of the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a group long seen as an islamist threat. christiane amanpour spoke to a leader of the brotherhood and leads our coverage from cairo tonight. christiane? reporter: jake, it s been an extraordinary week. a week in which the president has agreed to step down, the people continue their pressure and have got concessions, the protests have gone from violent to peaceful and the political process is now under way. in cairo, people were still gathering in tahrir square. but over the course of this day, it became clear that the real action had ....