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                  Clashes in Egypt; US Citizen Among 2 Killed

   Backers and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi traded
   gunfire and threw firecrackers during brutal street fighting in
   Alexandria Friday.
   Riot police moved in with armored vehicles and tear gas, but not before
   the offices of Mr. Morsi`s political party were set on fire.
   Authorities say two people have been killed, including a U.S. citizen
   stabbed to death while taking pictures of the riots. The State
   Department has issued a travel warning for Egypt, telling Americas to
   put off non-essential travel there. Some embassy workers and their
   families will be evacuated.
   Protesters are gathering in Cairo`s Tahrir Square, waving Egyptian
   flags and calling for Mr. Morsi`s departure. They are preparing for a
   massive anti-government rally Sunday, the one-year anniversary of Mr.
   Morsi`s presidency.
   The opposition accuses Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood movement of
   trying to undermine secular rights and not living up to the 2011
   uprising that forced ex-president Hosni Mubarak to flee.
   Morsi supporters are also promising to fill the streets, accusing the
   opposition of plotting a coup.
   Egyptian military officials are urging both sides to avoid violence and
   negotiate. But neither side appears willing to give in.
   OPTIONAL SOUNDBITES
   SABER ATTA, MORSI SUPPORTER ( in Arabic ))
   "Mohamed Morsi will not fall because he has a people who love him and a
   group who support him. It is impossible and they are wrong to think
   that one day Morsi will have the same fate as Hosni Mubarak."
   AMR MOUSSA, OPPOSITION LEADER
   "He should take the voice of the people seriously and the protests, the
   angry comments, as an expression - major expression - of
   dissatisfaction. Please take that seriously and accept the early
   elections."
   "They don`t want to recognize that there is anger and those are all
   people who are being pushed and directed by others. And they are
   missing the point, they are missing a major point in this."
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