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Deputy Egyption PM: Egypt and Brotherhood should pursue reconciliation

CAIRO - Egypt's army-backed government and the Muslim Brotherhood should seek reconciliation, a senior minister said on Tuesday, voicing a rare plea to seek compromise with a group branded "terrorists" by many of his cabinet colleagues.
The army toppled President Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood in July when security forces killed hundreds of its members and jailed thousands, including Morsi, who is due to appear in court on Monday on charges of inciting violence.
Yet street protests regularly erupt and Islamist militants have intensified their attacks.
Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa El-Din has been trying to encourage both sides to compromise since he put an initiative to the cabinet in August.
"Security is essential and key to Egypt but it is not alone going to get us where we want, and there has to be a political framework as well," Bahaa El-Din told reporters.