MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Surge in Crime Imperils Effort to Remake Egypt
By artappraiser on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 2:06pm |By David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, May 12/13, 2011
Rioting and Jailbreaks; 'The police are afraid'--once abusive, now dejected.
CAIRO —....Three months after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, a crime wave in Egypt has emerged as a threat to its promised transition to democracy. Businessmen, politicians and human rights activists say they fear that the mounting disorder — from sectarian strife to soccer riots — is hampering a desperately needed economic recovery or, worse, inviting a new authoritarian crackdown....
Note: Used the print edition headline & sub-heading.
URL:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/world/middleeast/13egypt.html
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