Protesters prayed during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Showdown In Egypt Escalates In Fight For Power -- New York Times
CAIRO — Egypt’s military rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood escalated their confrontation on Friday as the generals threatened to use “the utmost firmness” to preserve their authority and the Islamists presented a reunited front with some of their former allies from the revolt against Hosni Mubarak.
More than 100,000 protesters poured into Tahrir Square for a fourth day, demanding that the generals cede power to elected civilians at the end of the month as they had promised. But anxiety was high, and there was talk of a potential explosion after a state-run Web site floated rumors that the election commission would invalidate the results of last weekend’s presidential runoff and declare Ahmed Shafik, a former air force general, the next president. A public vote count showed that the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohamed Morsi, had won.
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