12 December 2013
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<p>CAIRO (AP) — The chairman of a panel
that wrote Egypt's draft constitution defended the document Tuesday as
guaranteeing democracy and freedoms, but he offered cautious criticism of a
recent law restricting street protests.</p>
<p>Amr Moussa, a former longtime Arab
League chief and Egyptian foreign minister, spoke with The Associated Press as
university students fought pitched street battles with police elsewhere in
Cairo. Protesters demanding the reinstatement of Egypt's ousted president
pelted security forces with rocks through white clouds of tear gas, rushing
their wounded back inside the campus.</p>
<p>But Moussa was optimistic about the
country's future.</p>
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