Scores dead as Egyptian security forces open fire on supporters of Mohammed Morsi

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CAIRO -- Scores of people were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday in the worst violence in recent Egyptian history as police opened fire on supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi. The number of dead was impossible to confirm immediately as both Morsi supporters and the government offered widely different accounts.The Muslim Brotherhood, the secret organization through which Morsi ascended to the presidency, claimed as many as 200 dead, while the Ministry of Interior announced implausibly that police never fired a live round at the protesters, despite all evidence to the...

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