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Egyptian authorities arrested cartoonist Ashraf Omar at his Cairo home early on Monday after he drew a series of satirical images, the publication he works with and Egypt’s press union said. Omar’s wife, who was not at their western Cairo home at the time, said security cameras showed a group of men leading a blindfolded Omar into a vehicle in the middle of the night, according to a statement from independent news website Al-Manassa. It is the second such arrest this month after journalist Khaled Mamdouh was apprehended at home on July 16 and kept in an unknown location before reappearing befo…

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