CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s ruling military Monday handed legislative powers to the new Islamist-dominated lower house of parliament, which convened for the first time since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak. “Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has announced in a letter…
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