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Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/27/world/la-fg-egypt-political-battle-20110627
Egypt's Pro-Democracy Activists Feel Their Grip Slipping
(Los Angeles Times) Jeffrey Fleishman - Sensing the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak is slipping from their grasp, activists and opposition groups are pressuring the ruling military council to postpone Egypt's elections in September amid fears that Islamists and members of the former regime will gain too much power. This coincides with a renewed push to draft a new constitution before the parliamentary elections so that no political bloc, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, will have unchecked influence to set the laws of the land.