EGYPT : OPPOSITION LEADER ARRESTEDMahmud Izzat, Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on Sunday along with 11 members of the opposition party.
The Associated Press reports that Izzat was picked up in dawn sweeps, carried out in several provinces.
"The arrests, practised by the government to terrify us, would not change the Muslim Brotherhood group's determination to continue demanding people's right to freedom,"
said Mohammed Mahdi Akif, the guide of the group.
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Il Romanaccio at 9:09 PM