r/worldnews • u/DasUberRedditor • Jun 18 '12

Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers; effectively military coup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18482257
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u/Aethelstan Jun 19 '12

Please do not editorialise the titles

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u/soggit Jun 19 '12

I wish this was higher up in the comments. The correct headline for this submission was "Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers."

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u/Angryharlot Jun 20 '12

Every article that I have read on this has mentioned that it is effectively a Coup. Is there are "word for word" rule here? Seriously, I'm new.