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Egypt's Morsi Flees Palace as Crowd Rages Outside

Activists battle tear gas, cut through perimeter fence

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2012 5:02 PM CST

(Newser) – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi fled his palace today as tens of thousands of protesters raged outside and police fired tear gas into the crowd, the BBC reports. Liberal activists chanted slogans opposing Morsi's power grab and the country's hastily compiled new draft of...   Read full story »

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constitution • Cairo • Egypt protests • Mohamed Morsi

 
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