10 things you need to know today: August 15, 2013

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Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi throw rocks while taking cover among debris during a violent crackdown by Egyptian security forces in Cairo on Wednesday.
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1. EGYPT BRACES FOR FRESH DEMONSTRATIONS DESPITE DEADLY CRACKDOWN

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood urged its followers to take to the streets peacefully Thursday, a day after security officers violently cleared two massive Cairo sit-ins that had become the hub of the Islamist group's resistance to the military since it overthrew President Mohamed Morsi on July 3. "We will push until we bring down this military coup," Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad wrote on his Twitter feed. The official death toll from Wednesday's crackdown had risen to 525 by early Thursday. [Reuters, CBS News]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.