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Egypt’s opposition demands Morsi trial after week of violence

  • Mourners attend a memorial ceremony for a protester killed in clashes with police in Cairo

    Mourners attend a memorial service in Cairo for a 23-year-old killed in violence Ed Giles

  • Evan Hill Cairo

Egypt’s opposition today called for “toppling the regime of tyranny” and bringing the president to trial after a week of violence that has left scores dead.

The group then quickly backtracked on its demands, betraying a political coalition still struggling to find a cohesive voice as elections loom and the clashes which began on January 25, the second anniversary of the revolution, continue to rage.