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Egypt puts off early voting on charter as Morsi budges

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: December 8, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.

HASSAN AMMAR
Credit: AP
With tanks guarding the perimeter, protesters gather Friday near Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s presidential palace. Opposition leaders have called for an ongoing sit-in at the palace.

Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Islamic leader is finally yielding to days of protests and deadly street fighting.

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