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Egyptian PM Heckled at Border Guards' Funeral

Bodyguards whisk Kandil to safety.

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Hecklers and angry mourners chased Egypt's new prime minister from the military funeral Tuesday of 16 border guards killed in an ambush by militants in the Sinai peninsula.

Bodyguards rushed Prime Minister Hesham Kandil to safety as mourners yelled, "You killed them, you dog," Egypt's state-run Ahram Online website reported.