CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt gave the army police powers to make arrests on Thursday, an official from his party said, while tanks and soldiers beefed up security near government buildings and the strategic Suez Canal in anticipation of mass protests planned for this weekend that many fear will unleash a new wave of unrest. The competing calls for protests this weekend reflect the deep and bitter divide over how Egypt has been run since the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. On one side are Mr. Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood and their Islamist allies who say...
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