Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi meets with senior judges on Monday - an effort to defuse a mounting crisis after he seized new powers.<br/> <br />The justice minister said he believed Mursi would agree with the judiciary's proposal to limit his new powers - while a spokesman for Mursi said the president was "optimistic Egyptians would overcome the crisis."<br/> <br />Meanwhile, in Cairo's famed Tahrir Square -- thousands gathered to mourn an activist who was killed in demonstrations last week.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FUNERAL ATTENDEE, IMAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"What is happening now is that we are condemning Mursi for the martyrs since he took over."<br/> <br />On Thursday, Mursi had issued a decree shielding him from judicial review - spurring violent protests.<br/> <br />On the Nile Delta town of Damanhour, hundreds marched ...carrying the coffin of a teenager also killed in clashes. The member of the Muslim Brotherhood that backs Mursi - was killed during an attack on Sunday on the group's office.
