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Africa North
Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo
2013-04-07
Police fired tear gas Saturday at anti-government protesters who tried to break into the Supreme Court in Cairo, the online edition of the state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported.
Awfully good of us to resupply them with that...
The protesters, mostly from the opposition April 6 movement, set off fireworks at security forces and chanted slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, the report said.

The Supreme Court building houses the office of the public prosecutor, who was appointed in November by Morsi in a move that circumvented the constitutional process and angered the judiciary, DPA reported.

The protest outside the court was one of several rallies called by April 6 across Egypt to mark its fifth birthday. The group, which backed Morsi's election in June, now accuses him of behaving like a dictator and tightening his Muslim Brotherhood group's grip on power.

April 6 was a driving force in mobilizing mass protests that eventually forced Hosny Mubarak to step down more than two years ago.
Posted by:Steve White

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