Sometimes, being a network anchor entails more than sitting behind a desk and reading the news.
Over the span of his career at CNN, Anderson Cooper has broadcast from Hurricane Katrina and Afghanistan alike, without coming to any harm. But Egypt has been another story. While trying to cover the pro-democracy demonstrations and the pro-government counter-demonstrations, he was allegedly attacked by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, receiving about 10 punches in the head.
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