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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama administration response to Egyptian violence looks little and late; and unheeded
BBC Breaking News ?@BBCBreaking 2m"Respect basic human rights & will of the people," US tells #Egypt's leaders after scores killed in violence http://bbc.in/19hZ7qx
1528:
White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest says Egyptian interim government must respect human rights of their people, says there is no ambiguity in the US position - "it is a message that has been communicated to the Egyptians at a range of levels".
Mr Earnest says a review of US aid to Egypt is continuing.
1532:
The White House says the "world is watching" the events in Egypt and urges the Egyptian military leaders to "show restraint".
1541:
UK PM David Cameron on the general situation in Egypt: "This violence is not going to solve anything. What is required in Egypt is a genuine transition to a genuine democracy - that means compromise from all sides: the President Morsi supporters, but also the military. We don't support this violence, we condemn it completely, it's not going to solve the problems."
1440:
Both France and Italy have condemned the violence and called for dialogue to be resumed.
Italian foreign minister Emma Bonino said: "I appeal to all the Egyptian forces to do everything in their power to halt the violence that has erupted there, and to avoid a blood bath."
"France utterly deplores the violence that occurred in Cairo during the crowd-clearance operations," says a statement posted on the website of the French foreign ministry.
update:
Agence France-Presse ?@AFP 22m
#BREAKING Egypt VP, Nobel laureate ElBaradei announces resignation
crispian balmer ?@crispiandjb 8m
Elbaradei says there were peaceful options for ending Egypt's political crisis - resignation letter to president @reuters
In a resignation letter to Interim President Adly Mansour, ElBaradei said that "the beneficiaries of what happened today are those who call for violence, terrorism and the most extreme groups".
"As you know, I saw that there were peaceful ways to end this clash in society, there were proposed and acceptable solutions for beginnings that would take us to national consensus," he wrote.
"It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear. I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood."
read: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Egypt_Unrest_3
live-text timeline: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23691401#TWEET856029
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Obama administration response to Egyptian violence looks little and late; and unheeded (Original Post)
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(86,020 posts)1. BREAKING Egypt interim vice president ElBaradei resigns from post after political violence
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(269,328 posts)2. K & R n/t