CAIRO — Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking running street battles elsewhere in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 149 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites. Vice
149 Dead In Cairo As Security Forces Clear Protest Camps
Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate in the interim government, resigned in protest over the assaults.