Tanks Deployed Around Egyptian Presidential Palace After Deadly Clashes

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Tanks and armored vehicles have been deployed around the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo Thursday after violent clashes overnight left five dead and hundreds wounded, Reuters reports:

Armored troop carriers also moved into the roads around the palace, in what Egypt’s state news agency said was a measure to secure the palace. The area had become a chaotic battleground between Mursi’s Islamist backers and their opponents.

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