Thousand kneel to pray in Tahrir Square.<br/> <br />The epicentre of the uprising that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak is still the focal point of demonstrations now aimed squarely at the military council who assumed his powers.<br/> <br />The presidential elections, due to be held in late May, mark the last step in a messy transition to democracy.<br/> <br />The junta say they will hand over power to the new president, but many are convinced the ruling generals are trying to manipulate the outcome.<br/> <br />Clashes earlier in the week at a Defence Ministry sit-in killed 11 people and deepened suspicion that the old regime is trying to derail democracy.<br/> <br />This man says it would have been easy for the army to stop the bloodshed.<br/> <br />He supports the Muslim Brotherhood which dominates parliament, but saw its first choice in the election disqualified.<br/> <br />Tension between the interim government and parliament has left Egypt in a state of policy paralysis that has deepened the current economic crisis.<br/> <br />Lily Grimes, Reuters
