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• Thirteen people were arrested after multiple acts of vandalism and several assaults in Los Angeles' Crenshaw District, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference.
• Garcetti and Beck didn't elaborate on the assaults or any injuries, but at least one man could be seen in the street with a head injury.
• More than 300 officers were called to the scene and were at first slow to directly engage protesters in an attempt to allow a peaceful end to the demonstration, Beck said. But the chief said police would take a much stricter posture in the coming nights.
• "This will not be allowed to continue," Beck said.
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At least 7 killed in overnight clashes in Egypt between Morsi supporters and police

• CAIRO (AP) -- A senior Health Ministry official says clashes overnight between police and supporters of Egypt's ousted president have left at least seven people dead.
• Khaled el-Khateib also says 261 people were injured in the violence that broke out late Monday and carried on into the early morning hours of Tuesday in four different locations in the capital, Cairo.
• Thousands of supporters of Mohammed Morsi, who was overthrown by the military, were protesting to press their demands that Morsi be reinstated as president.
• Egypt's military deposed Morsi on July 3 after days of mass street protests calling for him to step down.
• The ousted president's supporters say he was ousted by a military coup that overturned democratic rule.
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South Korea says North Korea behind cyberattack last month on government, media websites

• SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean investigators say North Korea carried out cyberattacks on the websites of South Korean media companies and the president and prime minister's offices last month.
• The attacks came on the June 25th Korean War anniversary.
• South Korea's ministry of science on Tuesday said it was blaming North Korea based on analysis of codes, Internet addresses and personal computers used to launch the attacks.

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