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Relations between the US and Egypt have taken a downturn since Egyptian authorities raided the offices of seventeen nongovernmental organizations in December - three of them US-funded. Michele Dunne, director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, spoke on NPR's Morning Edition about the situation and what it means for US aid to Egypt.
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Greek Rioting Spreads
Peter Cassata | December 08, 2008After a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by police officers in Athens on Saturday, rioting has erupted throughout the country, spreading from Athens to several other cities. Reuters:
Thousands of youths rampaged through Athens and the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, burning dozens of shops and vehicles in a second day of rioting after police shot dead a 15-year-old boy. Greece's worst protests in years erupted in the capital late on Saturday after the shooting of the teenager, and quickly spread to Thessaloniki and the tourist islands of Crete and Corfu.
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In recent years, anger among Greek youths has been fanned by the growing gap between rich and poor. Violence at student rallies and fire bomb attacks by anarchist groups are common. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose government has been shaken by scandals and an economic slowdown, pledged action in a public apology to the father of the dead boy.
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In Thessaloniki, a protest by more than 1,000 people descended into violence when marchers lobbed firebombs at police, set fire to a bank and smashed several stores. Rioters also clashed with police in the western city of Patras.
The two police officers involved in the shooting have both been charged with criminal offenses – one with premeditated manslaughter and the second with abetting the act. According to Deutsche Welle, "Reports said the incident took place after a group of six youths launched an attack on a police vehicle, hurling stones and sticks. One of the youths tried to hurl a petrol bomb when the officer shot him. The officer claimed that he fired two warning shots in the air and a third on the ground which ended up killing the boy."
