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Egyptian papers suspend publication in protest

By Washington Examiner
Published December 4, 2012 9:51am ET
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Egyptian journalists at the editorial room of Al-Masry Al-Youm daily newspaper next to copies of Egypt’s most prominent newspapers running black background front pages with Arabic that reads, “no to dictatorship, tomorrow free newspapers will obscure to protest the freedom's restrictions,” and a picture of a man wrapped in newspapers with his feet cuffed, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Eleven Egyptian newspapers are planning to suspend publication on Tuesday to protest against President Mohammed Morsi's decision to call a constitution referendum on 15 December. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) | Nasser Nasser

CAIRO (AP) — Several independent Egyptian newspapers suspended publication Tuesday as protesters prepared for marches amid mounting anger over the hurried drafting of the country’s new constitution adopted by an Islamist-led panel.

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