CAIRO — Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed with Cairo police on Tuesday as thousands of protesters stepped up pressure on the Islamist to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy.Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in streets off the capital’s Tahrir Square, heart of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year. Protesters also turned out in Alexandria, Suez, Minya and cities in the Nile Delta.A 52-year-old protester died after inhaling tear gas in Cairo, the second death since last week’s decree that expanded Mr Morsi’s powers and barred court challenges to his decisions.Tuesday’s protest called by leftists, liberals and other groups deepened the worst crisis since the Muslim Brotherhood politician was elected in June, and exposed a divide between the newly empowered Islamists and their opponents.Some protesters have been camped out since Friday in Tahrir Square, and violence has flared around the country, including in a town no...
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