Violent protests break out across Egypt after the new Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, awarded himself wide-ranging powers over its political transition.

President Morsi's decree puts his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament is elected, which has caused fury amongst his opponents who have accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution.
Demonstrators burned down part of the headquarters of the Brotherhood's political front, the Freedom and Justice Party, in Alexandria and there were also protests in other cities.
Offices were ransacked as books and chairs were burned in the streets.
In Cairo, thousands of people demonstrated in Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 anti-Mubarak uprising, demanding Morsi quit and accusing him of launching a "coup".

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