By Maggie Fick and Crispian Balmer CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stood their ground in Cairo on Sunday, saying they would not leave the streets despite "massacres" by security forces who shot dozens of them dead. Egypt's ambulance service said 72 people were killed in Saturday's violence at a Cairo vigil by backers of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, triggering global anxiety that the Arab world's most populous country risked plunging into the abyss. …

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