A disabled Egyptian protester throws a gas canister away during clashes near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt (Photo: Reuters)
U.S. Aid To Egypt Stalled -- Washington Post
Anti-American protests that started in Cairo and spread across the Muslim world have stalled negotiations to provide crucial U.S. economic assistance to Egypt, U.S. officials said Monday.
The violent demonstrations sparked by an anti-Islam video, and Egypt’s initially clumsy response, have temporarily halted talks about a proposed $1 billion in debt relief and how to speed millions in other aid to Egypt, according to several U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the news media.
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