“The decision was taken in light of ‘developments and the security situation in the country,’ he said. More than 1,000 people were killed on August 14 and following days after police dispersed two sit-ins in Cairo by ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s supporters. Violent protests have largely subsided, giving way to militant attacks such as a suspected suicide bombing that targeted the interior minister last week in a failed assassination bid. The state of emergency grants security forces wide-ranging powers of arrest. Egypt has been under [nearly] continuous state of emergency ever since 1967.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/12/egypts-interim-authorities-extend-state-of-emergency/
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