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in Mali, and the United Nations Security Council has asked West African States to submit plans for military action.

BBC News

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BBC News with Julie Candler.

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Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has backed down in the row with the prosecutor general by agreeing that he would stay in office. Mr Mursi tries to sack Abdel Maguid Mahmoud on Thursday after the prosecutor acquitted more than 40 senior loyalist of the former President Hosni Mubarak. Chama Kellia reports.

埃及总统穆罕默德·摩尔西在与检察长的争执中让步，同意他继续任职。周四，穆尔西试图辞掉阿卜杜勒·马哈茂德，原因是这位检察长免去40多位前总统穆巴拉克资深效忠者的罪行。Chama Kellia报道。

Two days of confrontation between President Mohamed Mursi and Judiciary appear to have ended with President backing down in his attempt to sack the Prosecutor general. Vice-President Mahmoud Mekki announced that Abdel Maguid Mahmoud would remain in office. The announcement came after a meeting between President Mursi and Mr Mahmoud. Earlier on Saturday, the Prosecutor General turned up for work and made tight security defiant the President. He was supported by judges and lawyers who argued that the President did not have the constitutional right to fire the prosecutor.