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SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:26am IST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has seen a drop in traffic to its Web site from Egypt on Thursday amid anti-government protests in that country, the company said.

"We are aware of reports of disruption to service and have seen a drop in traffic from Egypt this morning," Facebook spokesperson Jillian Carroll told Reuters in an email.

(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

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