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Anti-Government Protests Roil Egypt
11:33 am
Wed July 18, 2012

A Reporter Looks At Where Egypt May Be Headed

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Demonstrators chant slogans supporting Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday.
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New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick standing in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 11:03 am

Reporter David Kirkpatrick covered Washington's political scene for many years for The New York Times. But early last year, he decided that he was ready for a change of scenery. Kirkpatrick volunteered to move to Egypt to become the Times' Cairo bureau chief — and boy, was his timing good.

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The Two-Way
9:46 am
Wed July 18, 2012

Heir To Billions Charged With Preventing Wife's Burial, Not Murder

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Hans Kristian Rausing as he arrived at court earlier today.
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Eva Rausing in 2008.
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Though he had been arrested on suspicion of murder, the son of a Swedish billionaire has only been charged with "preventing the lawful and decent burial of the body of his wife," The Guardian reports.

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World
8:57 am
Wed July 18, 2012

Syrian Regime Hit By Deadly Blast In Damascus

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Let's follow up now on what appears to be a serious blow to the regime in Syria today. A blast repeatedly killed the country's defense chief, the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad and wounded other top officials. This explosion, we're told, occurred inside the tightly guarded national security headquarters in Damascus. To sort out what we know, or don't know, about this incident so far, we've called Neil MacFarquar. He's a correspondent for the New York Times. He's in Beirut. Welcome back to the program.

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The Two-Way
6:17 am
Wed July 18, 2012

Syrian Defense Minister Killed In Explosion, State TV Says

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Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha last September.
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A June 2000 file photo of Syrian Gen. Assef Shawkat.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 10:49 am

The uprising in Syria against the regime of President Bashar Assad took a dramatic turn today when an explosion at a government building in Damascus killed the country's defense minister and a brother-in-law of the president.

Syrian state TV, which is reporting the deaths, has blamed a suicide bomber. There have been at least two claims of responsiblity from groups opposed to the Assad regime. There are also reports that the bomber was a member of the Assad inner circle's security team.

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The Two-Way
4:01 pm
Tue July 17, 2012

Human Rights Watch Says Chávez's Government Intimidates Opponents

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A report (pdf) released today by Human Rights Watch accuses the government of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela of consolidating power in the executive branch and using that power to intimidate his opponents.

"The accumulation of power in the executive, the removal of institutional safeguards, and the erosion of human rights guarantees have given the Chávez government free rein to intimidate, censor, and punish Venezuelans who 'offend' the president or obstruct his political aims," the report found.

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