Egypt declares curfew after violence kills hundreds
Officials report at least 235 people killed, 43 police officers dead, and over 2,200 injured with expected rises. Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei resigns in protest. Three journalists including a Sky News cameraman are killed. Government imposes curfew and a monthlong state of emergency.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Sky News
Egypt faces state of emergency after deadly protest crackdown
In Egypt riot police cleared two pro Morsi protest camps in Cairo, killing hundreds and wounding over two thousand. The violence prompted interim leaders to impose a nationwide curfew and state of emergency as Mohamed ElBaradei resigned in protest and international reaction intensified.
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Egypt
U.S
Mohamed ElBaradei
Hazem el-Beblawi
Mohammed Morsi
Morsi
Muslim Brotherhood
Health Ministry
Mohammed Ibrahim
Cairo University
Giza
Orman Botanical Gardens
Nasr City
Ibrahim
Nasr
Brotherhood
Ahmed Aref
Interior Ministry
Alexandria
Egypt violence may be ill omen for Arab Spring
The New York Times reports that Egyptian security forces clash with Islamist protesters, signaling a potential derailment of hopeful moves toward tolerant democracies. Analysts caution that regional change may take decades, with Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria facing ongoing instability and uprisings reshaping the region.
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Libya
Tunisia
Muammar Gadhafi
Syria
Gadhafi
Bashar Assad
al-Qaida
Andrew J. Tablet
Washington Institute For Near
Tabler
Middle East
Europe
Soviet Union
Sarkis Naoum
Lebanon
An Nahar
Mona Yacoubian
Stimson Center
Washington
Bahrain protests flare as police fire teargas and birdshot
Bahrain police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered Shiite protests Wednesday after online activists urged pro democracy rallies. About 60 demonstrations were held in 40 locations as authorities tightened security and the US closed its embassy in response to the one year old campaign.
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Bahrain
UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Birmingham Airport
A UPS A300 cargo jet crashed near Birmingham Shuttlesworth Airport at daybreak, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage across a rural area. The aircraft, departing Louisville, carried varied cargo. no distress call was heard. Names not released. a family member identified one pilot as Shanda Fanning of Lynchburg Tennessee.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Transportation Safety Board
Robert L. Sumwalt
Sumwalt
Jerome Sanders
Louisville
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth
Toni Herrera-Bast
UPS
Jeff Wafford
Shanda Fanning
Lynchburg, Tenn
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
Hat Yeager
Associated Press
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