[Los Angeles Times] Noha El-Hennawy and Jeffrey Fleishman - Tons of stone and rock broke away from the Muqattam cliffs Saturday, killing at least 32 people, injuring dozens and leaving as many as hundreds missing in the ruins of about 50 smashed houses and apartment buildings in an eastern Cairo slum. Families from nearby houses, fearing more boulders would tumble from the weakened cliffs, loaded trucks and carts with possessions and fled. The Egyptian government wants to demolish neighborhoods such as Douaiqa, but the slums ringing this city of 17 million people seem to be expanding overnight. Many blamed the regime for not moving them earlier and charged leaders with neglect for the slow response of emergency crews.
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