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200K Egyptians Flood Tahrir Square Demanding Morsi Quit

JL;DR SUMMARY The streets of Cairo's Tahrir Square were filled with over 200,000 Egyptians on the first anniversary of President Mohamed Morsi's inauguration, demanding his resignation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastProtestsEgyptMuslim BrotherhoodArab SpringPolitical CrisisMilitary InterventionTahrir SquareMohamed MorsiSecular Opposition

Places mentioned

Cairo, Egypt
"a crowd of more than 200,000 had massed by sunset on Cairos central Tahrir Square in the biggest demonstration since the 2011 uprising"
Alexandria, Al Sharqia, Egypt
"a Reuters journalist said hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the Mediterranean port of Alexandria, Egypts second city"
Port Said, Egypt
"A bomb killed a protester in Port Said on Friday."

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Cairo Item ID 35918
Cairo Source ID 35
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