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Egypt's latest crisis puts pressure on leadership, more street protests set

The head of Egypt's security forces has defied orders by the prime minister to fire police officers accused of killing protesters during the nation's popular uprising, in a dispute illustrating the strains of a government facing escalating public pressure to bring former regime figures to justice.Egyptians have again taken to the streets, furious over the failure to cleanse the tainted police and over a leadership they complain is botching an already chaotic transition to democracy. Protesters have camped out in main squares in Cairo, Suez and other cities since Friday, demanding the resignation of the interior minister who heads the police, the purging of former regime loyalists from the civil service and greater action to tackle economic woes.The issue of justice for protesters slain during the 18-day uprising that led to Hosni Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster is the most explosive amid rising frustration with the handling of the political transition by the military generals who now lead the...

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