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Egypt courts on strike; constitution writers hustle

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK THE NEW YORK TIMES

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 2:42 a.m.

CAIRO — Courts and factions engaged in a frantic lastminute scramble Wednesday in a struggle for power over the culmination of Egypt’s political transition after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

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