Egyptian students protest mass food poisoning
Source: BBC
Students at Cairo's al-Azhar university are planning a second day of protests after almost 500 of them were taken to hospital because of food poisoning.
On Monday, hundreds of students demonstrated demanding the resignation of the head of the university.
According to the Egyptian health ministry all of the 479 cases of poisoning came from one dormitory.
President Mohammed Morsi has visited one of several hospitals that the students have been taken to.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22004918
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