Egypt's Morsi To Meet With Judges Over Power Grab -- Christian Science Monitor
The country's Supreme Judicial Council has hinted there may be a compromise with Morsi in the works. Meanwhile, the Egyptian stock market suffered heavy losses over the weekend.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi meets senior judges on Monday to try to ease a crisis over his seizure of new powers which has set off violent protests reminiscent of the revolution last year that led to the rise of his Islamist movement.
The justice minister said he believed Morsi would agree with the country's highest judicial authority on its proposal to limit the scope of the new powers.
But the protesters, some camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square, have said only retracting his decree will satisfy them, a sign of the deep rift between Islamists and their opponents that is destabilising Egypt two years after Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Turkey, Iraq exchange sharp rhetoric with Syria as backdrop.
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ASIA
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Bangladesh garment workers protest deadly blaze.
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China's role in Southeast Asia questioned.
Australia apologizes for abuse in military going back to 1950s.
AFRICA
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Mauritania president returns home after shooting.
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EUROPE
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French right on verge of collapse as talks fail.
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AMERICAS
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Colombia rebels ask Obama to free captive comrade.
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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