PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS BEATEN IN EGYPT:

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from an email from AmericanProgress.org this morning:


INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS BEATEN IN EGYPT: Pro-democracy demonstrators were beaten in Cairo yesterday. They had come out to protest yesterday's referendum on election "reforms" that actually bar most opposition politicians from running. The beatings were mostly carried out by pro-government thugs, although the Washington Post noted, "ournalists and witnesses at the scene of several incidents, including this correspondent, saw riot police create corridors for stick-wielding men to freely charge the demonstrators. Women were particular targets." Asked about the riots, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "I've not seen the reports that you're talking about."

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1. Ah, nothing like business as usual...