Liberia president declares Ebola curfew

In this undated handout photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres, local staff and healthcare workers for Doctors Without Borders, exit an isolation ward in Guekedou, Guinea. For doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa, working in head-to-toe protective gear in muddy health clinics is often the least of their problems, as many also struggle to convince people they are there to stop Ebola, not spread it. (AP Photo/MSF)

One shot, seven arrested in clashes after curfew in Ferguson, Missouri

Protesters gesture as they stand in a street in defiance of a midnight curfew meant to stem ongoing demonstrations in reaction to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 17, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Curfew in place in Rawalpindi, Pakistan as violence claims eight lives

Army soldiers stand guard as others block a road during a curfew in Rawalpindi, Nov 16, 2013. — AP

ISLAMABAD: A curfew was in place in the city of Rawalpindi next to the capital after a clash between two groups in relation to the harassment of an Ashura procession in Rawalpindi’s Raja Bazar area killed eight people.

Egypt’s Morsi declares state of emergency, curfew after deadly clashes

 

Clashes in Egypt kill dozens: Egypt’s president declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfews across three major cities Sunday after violence raged for a third straight day, leaving more than 45 dead and hundreds injured.

www.washingtonpost.com  –  By Abigail Hauslohner and Sharaf al-Hourani

CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew across three major cities Sunday after violence raged for a third straight day, leaving nearly 50 dead and hundreds injured nationwide.The deployment Saturday of government troops to the coastal cities of Port Said and Suez, which have seen some of the worst violence, failed to quell a public backlash against a court verdict and raised doubts about whether Morsi’s embattled government could contain the situation.

 In a televised address Sunday night, the president said the state of emergency, which allows security forces to arrest and detain at will, would cover Port Said, Suez and Ismailia for 30 days.

“The protection of the nation is the responsibility of everyone. We will confront any threat to its security with force and firmness within the shadow of the state of the law,” Morsi said.

Thousands took to the streets of Port Said on Sunday in funeral processions for more than 30 people killed Saturday in clashes between protesters and police, after a court handed down death sentences to 21 people for their involvement in a deadly soccer riot last year.

Officials said that at least seven more died Sunday in the city, where hundreds have been wounded in two days of fighting. Residents said security forces had contributed to the violence, instead of bringing the situation under control.

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