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Mon Jul 8, 2013, 08:36 PM Jul 2013

Muslim Brotherhood calls for more protests

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for nationwide protests to take place a day after a deadly shooting at the site of a sit-in by its supporters in Cairo, which left at least 51 dead and hundreds injured.

The interim administration expressed "deep regret" for those killed in violence in Cairo on Monday, adding that it has formed a judicial committee to investigate the events.

The statement called on protesters not to approach any military or "other vital installations".

The call comes as interim president Adly Mansour adopted a timetable for parliamentary elections by 2014, after which a date will be announced for a presidential ballot.

The country will have five months to amend the current draft constitution suspended on Mohamed Morsi's ouster last week, ratify it in a referendum, and then hold parliamentary elections, according the text of the decree published online.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/20137821320932698.html
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