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Egyptian civil disobedience could widen

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The head of the powerful Egypt Judges Club Ahmed el-Zind, center, speaks at a news conference Sunday announcing that judges will not oversee the Dec. 15 referendum to approve a contentious draft constitution in Cairo, Egypt. El-Zind's comments are the latest in a standoff between President Mohammed Morsi and the judiciary with most judges on strike following decrees Morsi issued last month that placed himself and the constitutional assembly above judicial oversight.

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi faced the prospect of widening civil disobedience on Monday as media and the tourism industry pondered measures to join a protest by judges against the Islamist leader. The country's judges have already gone on strike over Morsi's Nov. 22 decrees that placed him above judicial oversight.