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  • Members of the Islamist-dominated Egyptian Constitutional Assembly pushed through a final draft of a new constitution Thursday over the objections of more liberal members. The move is likely to stoke a deepening political crisis between the president and the opposition. (Associated Press)

    Tensions rise over new law in Egypt

    Tensions heightened in advance of massive anti-government protests scheduled for Friday and Saturday after an Islamist-controlled panel hurriedly approved Thursday a final draft of Egypt's constitution that, among its new dictates, would grant Muslim clerics a role in interpreting some legal matters — angering critics and worrying minorities in this secular Islamic nation.

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  • "I'm very concerned about this coming Saturday," said Emad Mohammed Fawzy, a 31-year-old taxi driver in Cairo. "The president's supporters and opponents can't be in the same place. It will be a massacre."

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