Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked deadly violence, but has not delayed this month's referendum on a new constitution as his opponents had demanded. The announcement that Mursi had scrapped his November 22 decree followed hours of talks on Saturday at his presidential palace, billed as a "national dialogue" but which was boycotted by his main opponents and had little credibility among protesters. One opposition group dismissed Mursi's efforts at appeasement as the "continuation of deception." His opponents have demanded Mursi scrap the vote on December 15 on a constitution that was fast-tracked through an assembly led by...
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