Egypt cabinet to hold crisis meeting
Egypt's cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, where hundreds have died in clashes in recent days.
The interim prime minister has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood.
Its members are key supporters of Mohammed Morsi, whose ousting as president sparked Egypt's stand-off.
The interim government is continuing to crack down on protests by the Brotherhood, but more demonstrations are planned around Cairo on Sunday.
The pro-Morsi Anti-Coup Alliance announced plans for six marches in Giza, near Cairo. They will start at mosques after prayers at 14:00 GMT and converge on the Supreme Constitutional Court in Maadi.
Three other marches in Cairo at the same time will head towards Heliopolis, where there will be a news conference by the alliance.
The Brotherhood has called for daily demonstrations since security forces cleared its protest camps in Cairo on Wednesday, leaving hundreds of people dead.
Further clashes on Friday killed at least another 173 people across the country.
Meanwhile, the European Union has announced it will "urgently review" its relations with Egypt.
'Spread insecurity'
The interim government has acted quickly to try to undermine the capacity of the Muslim Brotherhood to mount further resistance.
At a news conference on Sunday, the interim foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, introduced video clips apparently showing armed protesters firing in Cairo.
He said the government was faced with an attempt to undermine the state.
He said: "It was all meant to intimidate citizens. It was meant to spread insecurity and shake the foundation of the state. None of these goals is acceptable and we stood up and we will continue to stand up to all these violent acts in accordance with the law - firmly, strictly and with prudence."
On Saturday, the interior ministry said 1,004 Muslim Brotherhood members had been detained in raids across the country, with bombs, weapons and ammunition seized.
The Brotherhood was quoted as saying that sons and daughters of leadership figures had been targeted in an attempt to gain leverage over the organisation.
Among those killed on Friday was a son of the Brotherhood's spiritual leader, Mohamed Badie.
One figure detained was Mohammed al-Zawahiri - brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri - whom officials said had planned to assist the Brotherhood supporters previously holed up in the al-Fath mosque.
Since Mr Morsi's removal on 3 July, Brotherhood members and supporters have attacked churches, police stations, and the homes and businesses of Christians, hardening public attitudes against the group.
But many supporters of the army say the Western media has overlooked such attacks.
"There will be no reconciliation with those whose hands have been stained with blood and who turned weapons against the state and its institutions," interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi told reporters.
His proposal to dissolve the Brotherhood raises the stakes in the struggle for the control of Egypt, says the BBC's Bethany Bell in Cairo.
If it is acted upon, it could force the group underground and allow its sources of funding to be targeted.
Despite being closely allied to deposed President Morsi's government, the Brotherhood has always technically been banned - it was dissolved in 1954 by Egypt's military rulers. But it recently registered itself as a non-governmental organisation.
Our correspondent says neither the interim government nor the Brotherhood are backing down and if a new ban went ahead, the idea of reconciliation would become even more distant.
On Sunday the EU, a major trading partner and aid source for Egypt, said it was urgently reviewing its ties.
It is expected to hold an emergency meeting next week.
The presidents of the European Commission and European Council, Jose Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, said in a joint statement that the violence "cannot be justified nor condoned" and that it was the responsibility of the military to end it.
Source: BBC
