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Clinton braves shoes in Egypt

The US on Monday asked its staunch ally Israel to work with it in a ‘smart’ and ‘creative’ way to wade through the radical changes sweeping the Middle East at a time of great uncertainty in the region.

Tomatoes and shoes had been thrown at Clinton’s motorcade by Egyptian protesters who shouted, ‘Monica, Monica, Monica’ as she had left the newly reopened American Consulate in Alexandria in Egypt, earlier in the day. The protesters threw the tomatoes, shoes and a water bottle as the staff walked to their vans after the ceremony and riot police had to hold back the crowd. A tomato hit an Egyptian official in the face.

Clinton’s van was around the corner from the protesters, and a senior State Department official said her car was not hit, CNN reported. The chants of ‘Monica’ referred to Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern who had an affair with Clinton’s husband, former president Bill Clinton.

The assault on her motorcade came on a day Clinton spoke at the newly reopened US consulate in Alexandria, addressing accusations the United States, which had long supported former President Hosni Mubarak, of backing one faction or another in Egypt following his ouster last year.

During a whirlwind trip to Israel, that caps her eight nation tour, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed with Israeli President Shimon Peres the issue of Iran and the transition in neighbouring Egypt.

With no solution to the longstanding stalemate on peace process in sight, Clinton also discussed the Palestinian issue with the leader of the Jewish state.
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