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Egypt president decrees pardon for protesters

October 9th, 2012

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency taken on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, waves to the crowd gathered in a stadium upon his arrival for a speech on the 6th of October national holiday marking the 1973 war with Israel in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi boasts of his achievements in his first 100 days in office but sidesteps the key issues in the political transition to democratic rule. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)Egypt's new president on Monday issued a decree pardoning all those charged with or convicted of acts "in support of the revolution" since the beginning of the popular uprising that forced his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, from power.

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