Morsi Decree Triggers Mass Protests In Egypt -- Al Jazeera
Clashes erupt while the president justifies granting himself sweeping powers as necessary to defend the revolution.
Supporters and opponents of Egypt's president have clashed in several cities after he assumed sweeping new powers, a clear show of the deepening polarisation plaguing the country.
Buoyed by accolades from around the world for mediating a truce between Hamas and Israel, Mohamed Morsi on Thursday issued a declaration giving himself powers that go beyond those held by toppled president Hosni Mubarak, putting himself above the judiciary.
He also rordered that an Islamist-dominated assembly writing the new constitution could not be dissolved by legal challenges.
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