LEWISTON — Frederic A. St. Linger, 82, of 10 Claire St., Lewiston, died at his home Thursday, June 21. Born in Methuen, Mass., on Sept. 1, 1935, he was the son of Arno and Gertrude St. Linger. He attended local public schools in Lawrence, Mass., and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Class of […]
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Hugo C. Black
TURNER — Hugo C. Black, 86, of Turner, formally of Cairo, Ga., passed away Wednesday, July 19, at his home. He was born in Summerville, Ga., on March 26, 1931, the son of the late Walter Lee Black and Annie Thelma Jones. His late grandparents, Sam and Pearl Jones, helped raise him after his father’s […]
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Egyptian government clears mosque of Morsi backers
CAIRO — Egyptian security forces on Saturday overran a Cairo mosque in which hundreds of supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi had barricaded themselves for nearly 24 hours after a day of gun battles in the heart of the capital. It was unclear by nightfall what had become of the protesters, who had been detained […]
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Death toll from Egypt violence rises to 638
CAIRO (AP) — Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt’s deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the […]
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Egypt: Death toll in Cairo clashes rises to 72
CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from weekend clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted president and security forces backed by armed civilians in Cairo has risen to 72, the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the army deposed the Islamist Mohammed Morsi in a July 3 coup, a health ministry official said on Sunday. Khaled […]
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Clashes with security near pro-Morsi rally in Cairo leave at least 38 dead
CAIRO (AP) — Overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in east Cairo left at least 38 protesters dead on Saturday, a doctor at the demonstrators’ field hospital said. They followed a day of massive pro-military rallies backing a tough hand against Morsi’s backers and the Muslim Brotherhood group […]
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Egypt erupts with protests demanding Morsi ouster
CAIRO — Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2½ years of turmoil. In a sign of the […]