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Not Exactly a Bombing in Cairo, Egypt — By Jennifer Shipp
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Not Exactly a Bombing in Cairo, Egypt — By Jennifer Shipp

Yes, a bomb went off tonight in Cairo. It’s true. It was about two miles away from us. And perhaps we even heard it from our 14th floor apartment, but if we did, it blended in with the traffic sounds and the occasional blast of fireworks that we hear every evening. I don’t mean to be cavalier about bombings and shootings. It isn’t a small thing that 9 people including 3 policemen died in the blast. And as ...
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