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            Militants Claim Responsibility for Friday Cairo Bombings

   An Al-Qaida inspired group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for four
   bombings Friday that killed six police officers in Cairo.
   Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or Partisans for Jerusalem released a statement
   Saturday claiming responsibility. The statement also warned Muslims to
   stay away from police stations. The group has also claimed
   responsibility for a September 2013 bombing in Mansoura and other
   attacks, saying they were carried out to avenge the military-backed
   government`s crackdown on Islamists.
   At least 20 people died Friday across Egypt. Authorities say the
   remaining deaths occurred in clashes among Islamist protesters, their
   secular opponents and police.
   Thousands from the same rival groups are expected to rally Saturday in
   Cairo and other major cities, as the country marks the third
   anniversary of the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
   United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Friday`s
   explosions in and near Cairo as "terrorist attacks" and said no cause
   could justify such acts. The United States also condemned the violence
   and urged restraint.
   The 2011 Arab Spring uprising that swept through large parts of the
   Middle East raised hopes in Egypt for a stable democracy in the Arab
   world`s largest nation. Instead, the country has been mired in
   political turmoil, as Islamist backers of ousted president Mohamed
   Morsi battle to regain control of the country from the military-backed
   government that drove him from power.
   The Islamist Mr. Morsi came to power as Egypt`s first democratically
   elected president after Hosni Mubarak stepped down under pressure
   nearly three years ago.
   Just more than two years later, the military-backed government of
   secularists and liberals that replaced Mr. Morsi designated the Muslim
   Brotherhood a terrorist group following a bombing of security offices
   north of Cairo that killed 15 people.
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