Saturday, 30 June 2012

Mohamed Morsi to take oath as first Egypt civilian president

CAIRO: Mohamed Morsi, champion of the long-banned Muslim Brotherhood, was poised to take the oath on Saturday as Egypt’s first civilian president, launching a tricky cohabitation with the military.

In a display of the popular mandate he claims after his run-off win in a divisive presidential election, Morsi addressed a huge crowd on Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, epicentre of the Arab Spring uprising that ousted veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak early last year.

In his speech to tens

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