Monday, July 1, 2013

Widespread Protests In Egypt -- A News Roundup



Cairo Protesters Demand New Egyptian Revolution -- Time

Hundreds of thousands urge President Mohammed Morsi to step down after just one year in office

In the upscale Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, about a 20-minute walk from the presidential palace, the rally was in full swing. “We swear to the blood of the martyrs,” the marchers chanted as they moved toward the palace. “A new revolution from the start!”

That, as much as anything, captured the mood of Sunday’s wave of national protests against President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood organization. After a year under Morsi, preceded by a generally unhappy 15 months of postrevolutionary military rule, the protesters — angry about a weak economy, deteriorating security and rising Islamism — want a reset.

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More News On Sunday's Massive Protests In Egypt

Anti-Morsi protests sweep Egypt -- Al Jazeera
Protesters attack Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Egypt -- Christian Science Monitor
Five dead in Egypt as protests call for Mohamed Morsi to go -- The Australian/AFP
Mursi Opponents Amass in Egypt Streets to Demand his Ouster -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Protesters across Egypt call for Mohamed Morsi to go -- The Guardian
Protests continue in Egypt’s Tahrir Square -- NBC
Egypt Morsi: Mass political protests grip cities -- BBC
Egypt locked in standoff after millions rally against Mursi -- Reuters

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