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Islamists refuse to press Egypt’s army

Brotherhood rejects calls for transfer of power

By Maggie Michael

 |  Associated Press  

  December 22, 2011

Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which is leading in parliament elections that continued Wednesday, refused to join calls by secular and liberal activists for the ruling military to move up its handover of power to civilians. Activists are seeking to capitalize on anger over the military’s heavy-handed crackdown on protesters in Cairo the past week to pressure the ruling generals to step down before the current target of the end of June.

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