NEWS FLASH

PHOTO: Egyptians Take To Tahrir Square Amid Political Chaos | Over the last week, Egypt’s transitional military leaders, aided by a court decision, gutted the parliament, asserted themselves in drafting the new constitution and hollowed out the presidency. Over the weekend, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate claimed victory in a presidential runoff, but now the candidate from the former regime says he won. Amid all this, Egyptians took to the seat of the faltering revolution — Tahrir Square — to protest the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ power grab. Journalist Jared Malsin reports that many Muslim Brotherhood supporters are in attendance, but others came out as well. Around 7 pm Cairo time, Al Jazeera’s Adam Makary tweeted a picture of the square filling up. Less than an hour later, and after sunset, Tahrir was brimming with protesters once again: