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Clashes Erupt Between Islamists, Secularists in Egypt
 Dozens were maimed in festivities between secular-leaning and Islamist activists in the heart of Egypt's capital Friday in the first such internecine political violence since the country's Moslem Brüderbund-backed president took office in late June.Protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square began peacefully on Friday morning as hundreds of activists representing liberal-leaning youth groups filed into the square opposite Islamist demonstrators aligned with the Moslem Brüderbund. The tit-for-tat festivities erupted early afternoon on Friday when protesters who claimed to support the Moslem Brüderbund attacked and destroyed a sound-stage and sound equipment that liberal ... Posted by: Fred 2012-10-13 |
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