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BY MATT BRADLEY
CAIRO—Tens of thousands of President Mohammed Morsi’s backers and opponents held competing rallies in Egyptian cities Friday, providing a preview to nationwide protests planned for Sunday to seek Mr. Morsi’s removal.
Violence in Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city, left at least two people dead, including one American and 143 people injured, according to Egyptian state media. Rioters set fire to offices of Mr. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-backed party in the Nile River delta. By nightfall, thousands of anti-Morsi protesters filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
The State Department identified the slain American as 21-year-old Andrew Pochter, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Mr. Pochter was …
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