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As the violence rises in Egypt, Anderson Cooper and his 360 crew have moved to an undisclosed location where they taped Thursday night's show from a dimly lit room.

In this clip (above), Anderson says he's "a little bit scared" for his and his crew's safety and doesn't "really know what the next few hours will hold" for not only his crew, but for the people of Egypt. He continues:

"I can't tell you where we are, frankly for our own safety. Systematically, we have seen journalists attacked…we would like to be showing you instead of…this strange image of us sitting on the floor of an undisclosed location in dim lighting, we would like to be showing you pictures, live pictures, of what's happening in Liberation Square right now, but we can't do that because our cameras have systematically been taken down through threats, through intimidation, through actual physical attacks."

During the segment Anderson shows video footage of violent attacks in Liberation Square.

We warn you, some of the footage is very graphic and very hard to watch.

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Seems like a lot of people wanted to hear about the Egypt attacks from Anderson himself!

After being attacked in Egypt, ratings for CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 skyrocketed, beating out rivals Fox News and MSNBC.

Bringing in 540,000 viewers, more people tuned in to CNN to hear Anderson describe the dangerous Egypt protests than any other cable news channel.

In fact, the Egypt story has helped boost ratings for other CNN shows including Parker/Spitzer and Piers Morgan Tonight.

While we appreciate getting firsthand accounts of the protests in Egypt, we just want Anderson and other journalists to stay safe out there!

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Tags: anderson cooper 360, attack, cnn, egypt, fox news, msnbc, piers morgan tonight, protests, ratings

Earlier this week, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that he would NOT be running for another term this September.

Now, he's opened up further about his Presidential woes, and he's made it clear that he won't leave office right now because he's afraid that Egypt would fall into even more chaos if he did if that's even possible.

Here's what he had to say about yesterday's protests:

"I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other."

More from Mubarak:

"I don't care what people say about me. Right now I care about my country, I care about Egypt."

And more from Mubarak on his whether or not he'll ever leave Egypt:

"I would never run away. I will die on this soil."

Whether or not he stays in office for the rest of his term, let's hope that further actions are taken to stop the violence.

Thoughts???

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Tags: egypt, egyptian president, hosni mubarak, protests, september, term, violence

This past Saturday, members of the activist group UK Uncut staged protests at several Topshop locations to voice their anger at Sir Phillip Green.

The Topshop boss has been accused of tax evasion after he directly paid his wife and owner of the UK retailer's parent company Arcadia Group, over $1 billion. Since Green's wife lives in Monaco, he never had to pay UK taxes on the large sum of money.

One protester vented:

"Philip Green is a multi-billionaire tax avoider, and yet is regarded by David Cameron as an appropriate man to advise the government on austerity. His missing millions need to be reclaimed and invested into public services, not into his wife's bank account."

Phillip has maintained he pays his taxes in the UK and is doing nothing wrong.

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A group of gross protesters greeted Lady Gaga fans at her Monsterball show in St. Louis Saturday night, to hate speech and violent messages.

The disgusting group, whom we won't name, held signs with homophobic phrases and cried out that GaGa was immoral.

But as we all know, GaGaloo and her fans stand for diversity and love!

In response, the Lady took to her Twitter, telling fans to ignore the protests:

"At the risk of drawing attention to a hateful organization, I would like to make my little monster fan aware of a protest being held outside the Monsterball in St.Louis tonight.

Although we have had protesters before, as well as fundamentalists at the show, this group of protesters are hate criminals and preach using lude and violent language and imagery that I wish I protect you all from.

Their message is of hatred and divisiveness, but inside at the Monsterball we preach love and unity.

My request to all little monsters and public authority is to pay these hate criminals no mind. Do not interact with them, or try to fight. Do not respond to any of their provocation. Don't waste your words, or feelings, no matter what you hear or see. You are more fortunate and blessed than they are, and in your heart just pray for them. Although I respect and do not judge anyone for their personal views on any politics or religion, this group in particular to me, is violent and dangerous.

I wanted to make my fans aware of my views on how to approach, or rather not approach, these kinds of hate activists.

Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate, as they are. X

But, all ended well, as GaGa Tweeted her fans: "Tonight love and hate met in St. Louis. And love outnumbered the hate, in poetic thousands. Hate left. But love stayed. + Together, we sang."

Incredible!

P.S. CLICK HERE to "follow" Perez on Twitter!

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