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dipsydoodle

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Tue Jan 14, 2014, 06:27 AM Jan 2014

Cairo courthouse bombed as Egypt referendum begins

Source: BBC News

A small bomb has been detonated outside a courthouse in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as two days of voting in a referendum on a new constitution begins.

No casualties have been reported as a result of the explosion, which happened in the Imbaba district.

James Reynolds, reporting from Cairo, says it is thought the building was being used as a base to monitor the referendum.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25724734

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