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Pro-Morsi demonstrations expected throughout the week
Muslim Brotherhood named the marches “the week the coup departs”

Deadly clashes in Ramses Square
Demonstrators use Al-Fatah Mosque in Cairo as morgue/hospital, refuse to leave.

In Pictures: Giza Governorate Complex up in flames
Blame directed at Morsi supporters

Almost 280 dead after Egypt police storm protests
Gory photographs and video images of the Cairo bloodbath dominated social media networks, as world powers called for restraint

Riots rage in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria
Chanting “Morsi is my president,” the protesters set fire to car tyres and tore down pictures of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
In Pictures: Police and Army surround Rabaa
Photos by Ahmed AlMalky/DNE
In Pictures: Police take over Nahda sit-in
Photos by Mohamed Omar/DNE
In Pictures: Rabaa sit-in dispersal
Photos by Mohamed Gamil/DNE

Two journalists assaulted in Al-Nahda Square
Journalists attacked by former president Mohamed Morsi’s supporters
In Pictures: Egypt celebrates Eid
Across the country, Eid prayers were held in all mosques on Thursday morning. These photos come from different mosques united in prayers but divided in politics. From Nahda sit in to Tahrir, to the violence-gripped city of Al Arish in North Sinai

Kerry and Ashton call on Egyptian government to ease tensions
John Kerry and Catherine Ashton call for rejection of violence, release of political leaders from jail

Al-Sisi meets with Islamists
Meeting aimed at easing tensions, said army spokesman

ElBaradei calls for talks with Brotherhood
ElBaradei’s comments, in an interview with the Washington Post, were published Friday as Morsi supporters staged fresh rallies in Egypt

More demos likely, Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ tells AFP
Erdem Gunduz caught the country’s attention by standing silently and alone in Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square

One reported dead after clashes on Wednesday
Clashes in several governorates between pro-Morsi protesters, pro-army, and locals on Wednesday

MB’s Al Beltagy rejects cabinet call to leave
The FJP politician asked protesters to stay even through violence

International concern over ending Cairo sit-ins
Amnesty International condemned the cabinet’s order as a “recipe for further bloodshed”

Foreign ministry critical of South Africa
Foreign ministry denounces South Africa’s statement regarding recent events in the country
Ahrar demands purge of state institutions, ‘revolutionary trials’
Third Square movement opposes Muslim Brotherhood, military and former regime

US ‘strongly condemns’ Egypt violence
Cairo and the northern city of Alexandria have since seen massive rival rallies that have often turned violent

Opposition pressures human rights group on weapons at demos
Al-Tayaar Al-Shaaby and Tamarod movement propose initiatives to search for weapons

Ahrar movement protests army and Muslim Brotherhood
The protest rejects military and Muslim Brotherhood

Army denies Al-Nour mediation
Nadder Bakkar claimed that Al-Nour is acting as a mediator between the armed forces and the Muslim Brotherhood

Morsi’s supporters in Rabaa Al-Adaweya challenge Al-Sisi’s call
Pro-Morsi protesters say they will stand strong in the face of pro-army rallies

Thousands march to presidential palace “against violence and terrorism”
Demonstrators expressed their desire for the armed forces to protect them

The nine-kilometre march from Ramses Square
Men, women and children marched in protest of Minister of Defence Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi’s Wednesday speech

Pro-Morsi march jovial at Al-Nahda Square
Pro-Morsi protesters march from Old Cairo to Al-Nahda Square.

6 April Youth Movement to stay off the streets on Friday
6 April: combating terrorism is an “elastic” term that may entail extraordinary measures

National Defence Council discusses threats to national security
The state will take all necessary measures to dry up sources of terrorism, said the National Defence Council

Over 30 marches to “bring down coup” planned
The Freedom and Justice Party released a list of the marches in Cairo and Giza