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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: NewsCaster on Nov 24, 2012, 08:30 PM

Title: Egypt's top judges blast Morsi decree as 'attack'
Post by: NewsCaster on Nov 24, 2012, 08:30 PM
"We are here because the goals of the revolution have yet to be achieved," one protester said as people took to the streets after President Mohamed Morsi decreed more power for himself. Critics call it a power grab, and there have been calls for a million-man march against Morsi. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.By Tom Perry, ReutersCAIRO -- Egypt's highest judicial authority on Saturday said President Mohammed Morsi's decree granting himself new powers marked an "unprecedented attack" on the independence of the judiciary, while critics and supporters planned for rival rallies on Tuesday.  

Youths clashed with police in Cairo for a second day, confronting  Egypt with a crisis that has exposed the split between newly empowered Islamists  and their opponents.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) A handful of hardcore activists hurling rocks  battled riot police in the streets near Tahrir Square, where several thousand  protesters massed on Friday to demonstrate against a decree that has rallied  opposition ranks against Morsi.

Following a day of violence in Cairo,  Alexandria, Port Said and Suez, the smell of teargas hung over the square, the  heart of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power in February 2011.  

More than 300 people were injured on Friday. Offices of the Muslim  Brotherhood, which propelled Morsi to power, were attacked in at least three  cities.

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