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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Top Stories Most Popular Photos Full Coverage Sitemap Egyptian opposition rejects government reform offer AFP - Monday, February 7 Send IM Story Print Egyptian opposition rejects government reform offer CAIRO (AFP) - – Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's embattled regime on Sunday dismissed as insufficient an offer to include them in political reform plans, and renewed their demands that he step down. That Vice President Omar Suleiman agreed to sit down with the groups, which included the banned Muslim Brotherhood, was in itself a landmark concession, but the talks produced no breakthrough in the two-week-old standoff. As night fell, central Cairo's now iconic Tahrir Square was still filled with thousands of anti-regime protesters, adamant that the start of dialogue will not divert them from their campaign to unseat Egypt's strongman. "It's bulls(expletive). That's my honest opinion," said 25-year-old Nora Abul Samra. "When he leaves they can do whatever they want. They still believe there is a constitutional way to do it, but this is a revolution." Analysis: Torture 'business as usual' in Egypt amid revolt After two weeks of mass street protests and more than 300 deaths -- and with global pressure mounting on Suleiman to negotiate a peaceful transition to more democratic rule -- the government met its most powerful foes. Government spokesman Magdi Radi said the parties agreed to form a committee of judges and politicians "to study and propose constitutional amendments and required legislative amendments ... by the first week of March." Negotiators also agreed to open an office for complaints about the treatment of political prisoners, loosen media curbs, to lift an emergency law "depending on the security situation" and reject foreign interference. But Suleiman refused another key demand of the opposition, saying he would not assume Mubarak's powers and rule in his stead during the transition. Not all of the opposition movements involved in the 13-day-old uprising against Mubarak's rule were present at the talks, with former UN nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei notably not invited. Other opposition leaders met Suleiman in a palatial government hall under a huge portrait of the absent Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood was represented, despite being banned, but left unsatisfied by the outcome. Mahmud Ezzat, the Brotherhood's number two leader, told AFP by telephone that the group had not pulled out of the talks because it felt it had made progress, but warned that street protests would continue. In his view, by sitting down with the opposition, the regime had tacitly "admitted that this is a popular revolution and its demands are legitimate. And one of our demands is that the president must leave." Asked whether he believed Mubarak would step down, Ezzat said: "That hinges on popular pressure, and we support the popular pressure. It must continue." Some of the undaunted protesters celebrated Christian prayers in the central Cairo square, the epicentre and symbol of the revolt, to remember the estimated 300 people who have been killed since demonstrations against Mubarak began. "God bless the dead. God bless the dead," recited a Christian preacher wearing a crucifix. By his side, a Muslim cleric stood holding a Koran, as the faithful chanted "A single hand. A single hand," in inter-faith solidarity. Meanwhile, a measure of normal life began to return to the biggest city in the Arab world, with queues forming in front of banks that had been shut for more than a week and workmen scrubbing down shopfronts. Mubarak has thus far refused demands to step down immediately, insisting that while he is "fed up" with leadership, he feels he must stay on until a promised September presidential election in order to ensure stability. The crisis has given US President Barack Obama's administration a policy headache, forcing it to confront the consequences of Washington's long-term support for Middle East autocrats in exchange for security guarantees. Focus: US anxious to retain Egypt in fight against terror Some Western observers have expressed concern the Brotherhood could sweep to power and institute an Islamist regime that would be no more democratic than that of Mubarak and could break Egypt's close alliance with Washington. But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cautiously welcomed the talks. "Today we learned the Muslim Brotherhood decided to participate, which suggests they at least are now involved in the dialogue that we have encouraged," Clinton told National Public Radio. "We're going to wait and see how this develops, but we've been very clear about what we expect," she said. 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