Friday, protestors in Egypt set fire to
a gatehouse within the walls of Egypt’s presidential palace with fire bombs; in
response, police set off tear gas and fired birdshot at the demonstrators. The
protestors used the action to show their disregard for the country’s leader,
Mohamed Morsi. This event is just one of many; recently clashes have raged on
the avenue outside of the presidential palace and thousands of protestors have
marched into cities along the Suez Canal. These huge demonstrations are
occurring in reaction to a peaceful sit-in that lasted several hours outside
the palace walls where protestors chanted against the rule of Mohamed Morsi and
the Muslim Brotherhood. Just a day earlier, Egypt’s Islamist leaders met with
their political opponents and discussed how to solve the crisis.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/world/middleeast/clashes-in-egypt.html?_r=0
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