Egypt boils with anti-Morsi rallies
Crowd breaches barricades at palace where the president works
Posted: December 5, 2012 at 5:42 a.m.
Egyptians protest against the Muslim Brotherhood during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday.
A protest by at least 100,000 Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and over a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.
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