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Antigovernment demonstrators said Thursday that they would continue their protests at least through the weekend, as efforts to mediate a standoff with the government faltered.
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's top foreign policy official, arrived in Cairo in what appeared to be an attempt to mediate the standoff between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization that backs Mr. Morsi and demands his reinstatement.
An Iranian government delegation arrived in Baghdad to help mediate the standoff between American troops and a rebel cleric.
An Iranian government delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to help mediate the standoff between American troops and a rebel Shiite cleric holed up in Najaf with hundreds of his militiamen, offering American officials an improbable ally in their quest to put Iraq on a peaceful path to self-government.
President Harry S. Truman, instead, sought to mediate a resolution to the British-Iranian standoff.
Just a week ago, Mr. Sadr felt confident enough to turn away a delegation that had traveled from Baghdad to Najaf to meet him and mediate an end to the standoff.
BANGKOK — Antigovernment demonstrators said Thursday that they would continue their protests at least through the weekend as efforts to mediate the standoff faltered.
