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Aljazeera: Egypt's military renews pledge to step down
Egypt's military rulers have said they are committed to handing over power to a civilian administration on July 1.
The announcement on Thursday came a day after 11 people died in an attack on an anti-military protest outside the defence ministry in Cairo.
Major General Mohammed al-Assar, a senior official in the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), also guranteed that presidential election scheduled for May 23-24 will be fair.
Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh, reporting from Cairo said: "The military council did not outright apologise for what happened yesterday. "They did, however, express sorrow over the loss of lives, saying Egyptian blood is very precious and should not be shed except in defending the nation."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125311103405678.html
Understandably many Egyptians are suspicious of the military's intentions. July 1 is not far away.