#Egypt warns against protests after arrest of leading activist
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University students, relatives and friends of Mohammed Reda Mohammed Abdo, a second-year engineering student killed during an Islamist demonstration at Cairo University the previous day, shout religious slogans as they carry his coffin during his funeral, on November 29, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo: AFP - Gianluigi Guercia)
Egypt’s army-installed authorities threatened decisive action Friday against anyone defying a new ban on unauthorized gatherings on the traditional day of protest, hammering home its message by the beating and arrest of a leading activist. The Muslim Brotherhood vowed to go ahead regardless with the weekly protests it has organized after noon prayers ever since Islamist president Mohammed Mursi was overthrown in a July 3 military coup. (...)