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  • 19
    Apr
    2013
    6:28pm, EDT

    Violent clashes break out in Cairo over call for judiciary reform

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    Muslim Brotherhood supporters throw stones towards opponents during clashes on April 19, in central Cairo.

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    Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members throw stones towards members of the anti-muslim brotherhood (top) during clashes in central Cairo, April 19.

    Mostafa Elshemy / AP

    Egyptian protesters clash near a bus belonging to Muslim Brotherhood supporters burns after it was reportedly set alight by anti- government protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 19.

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Muslim Brotherhood members hit an anti-government protester during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 19.

    Clashes erupted Friday between several hundred opponents and supporters of Egypt’s Islamist president during a rally by his allies calling on him to “cleanse the judiciary” of alleged supporters of the old regime. Four people were hurt the violent clashes following a call by the Muslim Brotherhood to demonstrate outside the Supreme Court. 

     

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  • 29
    Mar
    2013
    1:47pm, EDT

    Egyptians protest outside prosecutor's office in Cairo

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi slogans during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, on March 29, 2013. Hundreds of activists demonstrated to show solidarity with political activists charged by the prosecutor general with inciting violence during last week's clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters. The Arabic banner at left reads, "none can threaten us," and at center, "freedom for activist Hassan Mustafa."

    Gianluigi Guercia / AFP - Getty Images

    Egyptian political activists, victims and prisoners' relatives shout slogans during a protest against current prosecutor general Talaat Abdallah outside Cairo High Court on March 29, 2013 in Egypt. An Egyptian court on March 27 overturned a decision by President Mohamed Morsi to sack prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmoud and ordered his reinstatement, state media reported. The ruling by the appeals court will once again put the presidency on a collision course with the judiciary, while any enforcement of its terms remains trapped in a legal labyrinth.

    Oliver Weiken / EPA

    An Egyptian man bites the hand of a fellow protester over a dispute whether or not the military should take control again during a protest against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the Prosecutor-General's office in Cairo, Egypt, on March 29, 2013.

    An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday ordered the ministry of justice to reinstate the prosecutor general sacked by President Mohamed Mursi in November, cancelling his decision to appoint a new one, the court judge said.

    Mursi' decision to replace Abdel Maguid Mahmoud with Talaat Ibrahim drew criticism from the president's opponents, who said the move had exceeded his powers.

    "The court ruled that the president's decision to sack Judge Abdel Maguid Mahmoud is void and orders the minister of justice to reinstate him," judge Sana Khalil said. The appeal was lodged by Mahmoud.

    -- Reuters

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Egyptian protesters hang an Arabic banner reading, "people demand an arrest warrant to the prosecutor general" during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, on March 29, 2013.

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    man bites the hand of a fellow protester - but tastes great!

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  • 22
    Mar
    2013
    3:28pm, EDT

    Clashes turn violent outside Muslim Brotherhood offices, dozens injured

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    An anti-Morsi protester stands with the national flag after protesters burned Muslim Brotherhood buses during clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's national headquarters in Cairo's Moqattam district on March 22, 2013.

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Muslim Brotherhood supporters conduct Friday noon prayers in front of the main headquarters of the Brotherhood in Cairo on March 22, 2013.

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Egyptians shout anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a march from downtown to the main Brotherhood headquarters in the hilltop neighborhood of Muqattam, Cairo, Egypt, on March 22, 2013. Thousands of protesters from different areas of Cairo are marching on Friday to express their rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohammed Morsi's rule.

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Egyptians shout anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration, in Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on March 22, 2013.

    By Reuters

    CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptian protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed near the group's headquarters in Cairo on Friday, and at least 30 people were wounded, medics said.

    Columns of riot police stood guard as chanting protesters holding flags and banners packed streets around the Brotherhood headquarters, footage on Al Jazeera and state TV showed.

    Earlier in the day, Brotherhood supporters had arrived in the vicinity on buses and were showered with stones from the protesters, and Brotherhood supporters threw stones back, witnesses said. About 30 people were wounded in the fighting, Mohamed Sultan, the head of the ambulance service, said.

    Continue reading.

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    Supporters of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood clash with anti-government protesters near the movements' headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Anti-Morsi protesters carry a Muslim Brotherhood member after hitting him during clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's national headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013.

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Egyptian policemen write a report at a destroyed branch headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood after protesters broke in to the building in Cairo, Egypt, on March 22, 2013.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    An Egyptian anti-Muslim Brotherhood protester throws a stone towards Muslim Brotherhood supporters during clashes near the party's national headquarters in Cairo on March 22.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    An injured Egyptian anti-Muslim brotherhood protester is taken away by his comrades, during clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood's national headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on March 22.

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    Its another Saturday night and those Egyptian boys are out for some good old fashion Muslim fun. Lets beat each other up. Seriously though Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood went way way overboard in their bid for power. What did they expect when the nation was equally divided in how to run the govt?  …

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  • 9
    Mar
    2013
    1:45pm, EST

    Egyptian court ruling in soccer riot deaths inflames protests

    Mohammed Asad / AP

    An injured security official is carried from a police officers club in the upscale neighborhood of Zamalek, after protesters set fires following a court verdict in Cairo, March 9. Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters and a nearby police club, and set them ablaze after a court acquitted seven of nine police official on trial for their alleged part in deadly stadium melee.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    Egyptian men try to extinguish a fire in a building in the Police Club compound in Cairo, March 9.

    Amr Nabil / AP

    Policemen try to extinguish fire at a police club set by protesters following a court verdict in Cairo, March 9.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    Supporters of the 'Al Ahly' soccer club celebrate after an Egyptian court confirmed verdicts in the Port Said soccer match riots, at the Al-Ahly football club in Cairo, March 9.

    Maya Alleruzzo / AP

    Smoke and fire rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire following a court verdict in, Cairo, March 9. An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer federation headquarters and a police club in Cairo in protest.

    EPA

    Egyptian security forces keep watch as protesters burn tires in Port Said, Egypt, March9. Twenty-one people sentenced to death for their role in the fatal 2012 football riots in the Egyptian city of Port Said had their sentences confirmed, sparking riots in Port Said and Cairo.

    Mohammed Abu Zaid / AP

    Protesters evacuate a wounded protester from the scene of clashes in downtown Cairo, March 9. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo. The officials say the protester died Saturday on a Nile-side road where clashes have been taking place daily between anti-government protesters and police near two luxury hotels and the U.S. and British embassies.

    By Yousri Mohamed and Marwa Awad, Reuters

    Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.

    The ruling enraged residents of Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, by confirming death sentences imposed on 21 local soccer fans for their role in the riot last year when more than 70 people were killed.

    But the court also angered rival fans in Cairo by acquitting a further 28 defendants that they wanted punished, including seven members of the police force which is reviled across society for its brutality under deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Full story

     

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  • 6
    Mar
    2013
    1:12pm, EST

    Egyptian protesters battle police in Port Said

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian protester evacuates a wounded man during clashes between protesters and riot police near the state security building in Port Said, Egypt, on March 6.

    Ahmed Youssef / EPA

    An Egyptian man sets tiers ablaze during clashes in Port Said, Egypt, on March 6.

    By Yusri Mohamed and Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters

    Egyptian protesters demanding the release of prisoners battled police in Port Said for a fourth day on Wednesday, challenging state authority in the turbulent city at the northern end of the Suez Canal.

    Port Said has been a focus for violence since January, with people staging angry protests over death sentences handed down to some residents in connection with a football stadium riot in which more than 70 people died last year. Continue reading.

    Ahmed Youssef / EPA

    Egyptian army soldiers arrest an alleged rioter during clashes in Port Said, Egypt, on March 6.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    Egyptians react from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes near the state security building in Port Said, Egypt, on March 6.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Anti-Morsi protesters are seen through a banner with pictures of people, who were killed in Port Said demonstrations since violence erupted after the court verdict on the sentencing of 21 people, at a camp in front of the Governorate General headquarters in Port Said city, 105 miles northeast of Cairo on March 5.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • 4 arrested in Egypt after shoe thrown at Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    • Egypt protester shot dead, remembered at site of violence in Cairo
    • Egyptian protesters march in defiance of curfew
    • Baton-wielding police threaten protesters as Egypt's stability teeters
    • Weekend violence claims more than 45 lives in Egypt

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  • 5
    Mar
    2013
    2:47pm, EST

    Get a closer look at the Middle East's plague of locusts

    Ariel Schalit / AP

    Locusts land on a sand dune in Negev Desert, southern Israel, near the border with Egypt, March 5. A swarm of locusts crossed into Israel from neighboring Egypt Monday, raising fears that Israel could be hit with a biblical plague ahead of the Passover holiday. Israel sent out planes to spray pesticides over agricultural fields to prevent damage by the small swarm of about 2,000 locusts, said Dafna Yurista, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Ministry. The ministry also set up an emergency hotline and asked Israelis to be vigilant in reporting locust sightings.

    By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

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    Scientists can learn a lot about the locusts swarming over Egypt and Israel just by looking at the pictures. Keith Cressman, senior locust forecasting officer for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, is based hundreds of miles away in Rome — but he can tell that these particular bugs may be on their last legs.


    "The few good pics I have seen of the locusts show that they are a brick red rather than pinkish," Cressman told NBC News in an email. "Both colors indicate they are immature adults, but the dark color suggests they are old and tired rather than young and hungry. Hence, the infestations arriving in northeast Egypt and Israel will probably come to nothing." That's the good news. The bad news is that other locust swarms could pose a more serious threat to the region's agriculture later this year. To get the details, check out the full story in Cosmic Log.

    Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

    A Palestinian farmer displays locusts at a farm in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 5. Palestinian officials said locusts had not hit Gaza in several decades and numbers of locusts that reached Gaza on Tuesday were small but the Agriculture Ministry said they have taken all necessary steps to fight it if larger numbers hit the Gaza Strip.

    Amir Cohen / Reuters

    A swarm of locusts fly near Kmehin in Israel's Negev desert.

    Ariel Schalit / AP

    A locust on a sand dune in Negev Desert, southern Israel.

    Experts estimate that a swarm of 30 million locusts in Egypt will cause severe crop damage. The correlation to the plague of locusts in the Bible has the Internet buzzing.

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    More about locusts:

    • Locusts hit Egypt and Israel before Passover
    • Gaddafi's fall leads to desert locusts' rise
    • Locusts illustrate the science of swarming

    Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.

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    Age of Earth: 4.5 billion years. Age of religion: ~ 2000 years. Age of intelligence: Zero Mankind continues to play the part of dumb party beasts who can't determine reality from mythology and has to attach 'faith' onto anything even remotely related to biblical fantasies.

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  • 26
    Feb
    2013
    12:12pm, EST

    Hot air balloon crash kills 19 in Egypt

    Hagag Salama / AP

    Egyptians gather at the site of a balloon crash where the debris from the burned gondola rests, outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor on Feb. 26.

    Hagag Salama / AP

    Rescue workers remove a body from the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor, 320 miles south of Cairo, on Feb. 26.

    By Ayman Mohyeldin, Charlene Gubash and John Newland, NBC News

    Courtesy Christopher Michel

    Balloons float in the air in Luxor before another balloon crashed on Feb. 26.

    A hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists caught on fire while it was in the air near Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 people, officials said Tuesday.

    The blazing balloon crashed to the ground early Tuesday morning, Gen. Mamdough Khaled, director of security for Luxor Governorate said in a statement, according to initial reports.

    Khaled said that Luxor International Hospital had received 19 badly burned bodies. Health officials initially said 18 people died, but later said one injured person had succumbed to their injuries. Continue reading.

    EPA

    Egyptians work at the site where a a hot air balloon crashed, in a field next to the southern Egyptian town of Luxor, on Feb. 26.

    Ibrahim Zayed / AP

    An Egyptian rescue worker collects remains near the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor on Feb. 26.

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  • 5
    Feb
    2013
    6:04pm, EST

    4 arrested in Egypt after shoe thrown at Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets people as he visits the Al-Hussein mosque, named after Prophet Mohammed's grandson Hussein ibn Ali, in old Cairo on Feb. 5, 2013. Ahmadinejad was both kissed and scolded on Tuesday when he began the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution.

    By Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent, NBC News

    CAIRO -- Egypt's security arrested four men who were protesting outside a Cairo mosque, where the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was praying.

    The men, including a Syrian, belong to the ultra-conservative Sunni Salafist movement.

    One man threw a shoe at Ahmadinejad, a Shiite, who was never in any danger.

    The Al-Hussein Mosque is revered by Shiite Muslims, who are widely disliked by conservative Sunni Muslims, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi was previously a member of the Brotherhood.

    Many Sunni Muslim groups have denounced the Iranian president’s visit to Cairo and have called on Egypt’s government to prevent Ahmadinejad from visiting any religious sites that are significant to Shiite Muslims.

    Ahmadinejad met with Sunni Islam's most senior scholar at Al Azhar shortly before he went to pray at the Al-Hussein Mosque.

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    I remember from when Bush got a shoe thrown at him, that showing the bottom of your shoe to somebody in the Muslim community is just about the most offensive and disrespectful thing that can be done. Ahmadinejad has killed people for less in Iran, wonder what Morsi will do.

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  • 3
    Feb
    2013
    12:47pm, EST

    Egypt protester shot dead, remembered at site of violence in Cairo

    Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AP

    Demonstrators hold candles in memory of protester Mohammed Qorany, on Feb. 2, at the spot where he died in clashes, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters and rights groups have accused police of using excessive force this past week during a wave of mass demonstrations in cities around the country called by opposition politicians, trying to wrest concessions from Morsi.

    By Yasmine Saleh and Seham Eloraby, Reuters --

    At least one protester was shot dead and dozens wounded on Friday when riot police clashed with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi.

    Youths threw petrol bombs and shot fireworks at the outer wall of Mursi's Cairo presidential compound as night fell. Police responded by firing water cannon and teargas leading to skirmishes in the surrounding streets.

    Two witnesses said they had seen a protester shot dead in Cairo with live ammunition in front of them.

    "It's verified. I am at the morgue. He was shot with two bullets, and that's the report of the hospital. The shots were in the neck and the right side of the chest," said one of the witnesses, lawyer Ragia Omran. Medical and security sources confirmed Mohamed Hussein Qurany, 23, was killed with live bullets.

    Continue reading.

     

    Virginie Nguyen Hoang / AP

    A demonstrator lights candles in memory of protester Mohammed Qorany at the spot where he died in clashes, on Feb. 2, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.

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  • 29
    Jan
    2013
    10:30am, EST

    Egyptian protesters march in defiance of curfew

    Reuters

    Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi march despite a nighttime curfew in the city of Suez on Jan. 28. Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring emergency rule imposed by Islamist President Morsi to end days of clashes that have killed at least 52 people. Egypt's army chief said political strife was pushing the state to the brink of collapse - a stark warning from the institution that ran the country until last year as Cairo's first freely elected leader struggles to contain bloody street violence.

    By Tom Perry, Yasmine Saleh and Yusri Mohamed, Reuters

    Political opponents spurned a call by Mohammed Morsi for talks on Monday to try to end the violence. Instead, huge crowds of protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria, and in the three Suez Canal cities - Port Said, Ismailia and Suez - where Morsi imposed emergency rule and a curfew on Sunday.

    "Down, down with Mohammed Morsi! Down, down with the state of emergency!" crowds shouted in Ismailia. In Cairo, flames lit up the night sky as protesters set vehicles ablaze.

    The demonstrators accuse Hosni Mubarak's successor Morsi of betraying the two-year-old revolution. Morsi and his supporters accuse the protesters of seeking to overthrow Egypt's first ever democratically elected leader by undemocratic means. Continue reading the full story.

    Slideshow: Tempers flare in Egypt

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    On the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, huge crowds take to the streets in five cities.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Baton-wielding police threaten protesters as Egypt's stability teeters
    • Weekend violence claims more than 45 lives in Egypt
    • Protesters fill Tahrir Square on anniversary of Egyptian revolution

    A state of emergency is imposed on three cities in Egypt as a top military official warns the country is on the brink of collapse following days of anti-government protests. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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    I really hate to see this nation in so much turmoil but... either they find a way to get rid of that militant, Morsi or... they will lose their country along with their freedoms to the Islamic radicals.

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  • 28
    Jan
    2013
    12:52pm, EST

    Baton-wielding police threaten protesters as Egypt's stability teeters

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    A riot police officer uses his baton on an anti-government protester during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    A masked Egyptian protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with police, background, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, on Jan. 28.

    AP

    Egyptians attend the funeral of several victims the previous day's violence in Port Said, Egypt, on Jan. 28. The worst violence in Egypt this past weekend was in the Mediterranean coastal city of Port Said, where at least 44 people died in two days of clashes. The unrest was sparked on Saturday by a court conviction and death sentence for 21 defendants involved in a mass soccer riot in the city's main stadium on Feb. 1, 2012, that left 74 dead.

    By John Newland, Staff Writer, NBC News
    Thousands turned out Monday in Port Said to attend funerals for the seven people killed in the previous day's violence, which broke out as mourners paid their respects to 33 people who had died in riots the day before.
    Meanwhile, a man in Cairo was shot dead during a fifth day of clashes during protests against the government of President Mohammed Morsi, Reuters reported, citing a source in the Interior Ministry. Full Story

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian protester covers his face with a plastic bag to protect himslef from tear gas during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    A protester throws a tear gas canister back at riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Riot police run towards anti-government protesters during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28.

    AP

    Egyptians carry the coffins of the previous day's violence in Port Said, Egypt, on Jan. 28.

    Slideshow: Tempers flare in Egypt's Tahrir Square

    Asmaa Waguih / Reuters

    On the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, hundreds of youths clash with police.

    Launch slideshow

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Weekend violence claims more than 45 lives in Egypt
    • Protesters fill Tahrir Square on anniversary of Egyptian revolution
    • Witness: Egypt riot police set fire to protest tents in Tahrir Square

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    Where is the UN - don't they usually condemn this stuff - oh, that's only regarding Israel.

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  • 27
    Jan
    2013
    8:45pm, EST

    Weekend violence claims more than 45 lives in Egypt

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    With his trousers around his knees to show defiance, a protester throws stones towards riot policemen and other demonstrators who have taken the side of security forces during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Jan. 27, 2013.

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    Protesters try to convince an elderly woman to move out of the way after she sat down in between opposing sides during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo on Jan. 27, 2013.

    AP

    A mass funeral in Port Said on Jan. 27, 2013. Tens of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the restive Egyptian city of Port Said on Sunday for a funeral for most of the 37 people killed in rioting a day earlier, chanting slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

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    A protester stands by a fire lit during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 27, 2013.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi throws a tear gas canister, which was earlier thrown by riot police, during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 27. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced on Sunday he was imposing a state of emergency for 30 days in three cities along the Suez Canal that have been the scene of the worst violence that flared over the weekend, killing more than 45 people.

    "Down, down Morsi, down down the regime that killed and tortured us!" people in Port Said chanted as the coffins of those killed on Saturday were carried through the streets.

    In a televised address, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said a nightly curfew would be introduced in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, starting Monday evening. He also called for dialogue with top politicians. About 200 people protested in Ismailia after the announcement.

    -- Reported by Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh, Reuters

    Read the full story.

    A day after 37 people were killed in protests, chaos erupted among the thousands who walked to mourn them. Meanwhile, President Morsi declared a state of emergency. NBC's Ayman Moyeldin reports.

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    In Egypt, the Sunni extremists with labels like Salaffi and MB (Muslim Bloodhounds) are opening up new chapters of Islamic bigotry. Morsi is just a front for them. Just watch the fate of sane Muslims, minority sect/tribe people, Christians, women and Israel as the time goes by. Egyptians should kick …

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