Muslim Brotherhood Join Egypt Talks as Mubarak Allies Make Concessions

Muslim Brotherhood Join Egypt Talks as Mubarak Allies Make Concessions
David D. Kirkpatrick, Kareem Fahim and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Service: "Members of the Muslim Brotherhood joined other opposition groups meeting with Vice President Omar Suleiman on Sunday in what seemed a significant departure in the nation's uprising and political history. The Brotherhood is an outlawed Islamist organization often depicted by the authorities as committed to the overthrow of the secular order in the heart of the Middle East.... But it has remained Egypt's biggest opposition force against the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak. After the meeting had started, The Associated Press said that talks included some of the top issues for the opposition - including freedom of the press and the release of those detained since anti-government protests started - as well as agreement to begin setting up a structure to study amending the country's constitution."
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