Egyptians plan anti-junta demo

Cairo prepared Tuesday for mass protests, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood whose candidate has won the presidential vote, against the ruling military junta's move to claim sweeping new powers. The demonstration, called for by several of the groups that participated in the February 2011 uprising, comes after the military reclaimed legislative power following a court ruling dissolving the parliament. The move, which came in a constitutional declaration that also saw the ruling military council claim the ability to veto articles in any new constitution, has overshadowed the country's presidential poll. Revolutionary youth movements denounced the declaration as a coup. "The military council, with its unconstitutional coup, gave itself (unprecedented) powers.

"Cairo prepared Tuesday for mass protests, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood whose candidate has won the presidential vote, against the ruling military junta's move to claim sweeping new powers"The military council has never and will never recognise popular legitimacy that contradicts it," the Coalition of Revolution Youth said in a statement. The Brotherhood has vowed to challenge the constitutional declaration