Egypt protests intensify after passage of draft constitution [1]
November 30, 2012, 3:43 p.m.
A protester shouts in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where demonstrators denounced the expanded powers of President Mohamed Morsi and the passage of a draft constitution they say doesn't represent all Egyptians. (Gianluigi Guercia / AFP/Getty Images / November 30, 2012)
CAIRO — Egypt awoke to widening protests Friday from a resurgent opposition testing a president who refuses to rein in his power while he presses for an unpopular constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly.
President Mohamed Morsi is defending his expanded authority and the proposed constitution as necessary to hold parliamentary elections and advance Egypt's political transition. But opposition groups accuse him and the Muslim Brotherhood of pushing an authoritarian agenda that has failed to inspire an Arab world undergoing great change.
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