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Top U.S. Diplomat Meets Jailed Egyptian Brotherhood Leader
(AP-Washington Post) U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met in prison on Monday with Khairat el-Shater, the powerful deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, as part of mediation efforts to end the standoff between Egypt's military-backed government and protesters supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Burns was accompanied by the foreign ministers of Qatar and the UAE as well as an EU envoy. El-Shater is charged with complicity in the killing of anti-Morsi protesters.