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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Tanks roll in Cairo; five killed in protests

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- At least 12 tanks were deployed outside the presidential palace in Egypt on Thursday as protests against President Mohamed Morsi's regime grew more violent, with five people killed and 450 wounded, according to reports. Islamists and seculor protesters fought with firebombs, rocks and fists in what's being described as the first major outbreak in the two years since the revolt against ousted leader Hosni Mubarak. The protests came as three senior Morsi advisors stepped down on Wednesday. The government also guarded the headquarters of state television, according to a report in The New York Times.

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