By Tom Perry and Crispian Balmer CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities escalated their crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the Islamist organization's top leader, state media reported on Tuesday. Mohamed Badie, 70, was detained at a residential apartment in Nasr City in northeast Cairo "after information came to the security apparatus locating his place of hiding," the state news agency reported. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-authorities-arrest-muslim-brotherhood-leader-010834070.html

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