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Today Egypt at the Crossroads, dictatorship or democracy, secular or religious.

The Indian tea industry under threat changes on the way to the traditional tea plantations of Assam.

The Islamist takeover of Timbuktu leaves a famous history singer in Mali lost for words,

and well fermented it's a fish dish the Norwegians love, but to our man up the

fields it smells like a piece of sushi that's been on a long bus journey.

In the Egyptian capital Cairo it's another day of demonstrations for and against the country's

new president, Mohammed Morsi.

His opponents say he's assuming the same sort of dictatorial powers which led to the downfall of his predecessor Hosnimubarak.

But his supporters are expected to turn out in large numbers. Their rally is at Cairo University. They say they want

to avoid clashes with opposition supporters on the streets. So is Egypt, as some suggest, on its way to further sectarian conflict, even civil war?

Or is the fiery rhetoric of the last few days simply democracy long-suppressed, finding its voice at last.

John Line is in Cairo.

We were headed towards the Cairo Judges Club to hear their reaction to President Morse's

edict granting himself sweeping new powers.

I had visions of a faded old gentleman's club with frayed leather sofas, portraits of the

founders on the wall perhaps, with the old buffers sitting around a crackling log fire.

But no, this was quite different.

Hundreds, probably thousands of furious judges and lawyers, were crammed into a huge elaborately decorated hall

in the middle of the law courts. It resembled a Victorian Gothic Cathedral or perhaps Grand

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