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Will Egypt Reach a Consensus?

Nervana Mahmoud writes that Egypt needs to achieve a so-far elusive consensus to avoid collapse.

A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi gestures with a national flag at riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge leading to Tahrir Square in Cairo January 28, 2013. A man was shot dead on Monday in a fifth day of violence in Egypt that has killed 50 people and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world's biggest nation. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE
A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gestures with a national flag at riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge leading to Tahrir Square in Cairo Jan. 28, 2013. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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