(Washington Post) Craig Whitlock and Griff Witte - On Sunday, the main Egyptian opposition groups eased up on their insistence that President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately, agreeing instead to join in talks toward overhauling the country's political system at a more gradual pace while Mubarak remains in office. Among those who joined for the first time in talks with Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's newly appointed vice president, were leaders from the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, along with a loose coalition of political parties, intellectuals and protest organizers. While thousands of protesters continue to occupy Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo, the shift by opposition leaders suggested that Mubarak and his allies may have succeeded in defusing those who had insisted that the president resign as a precondition for any talks.
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