YALIYOJIRI BAADA YA RAIS MORSI WA MISRI KUPINDULIWA-The bloodletting begins: Egyptian army arrest deposed president Morsi and issue warrants for THREE HUNDRED of his Muslim Brotherhood men
Egyptian president car warmer Mohamed Morsi being held at Presidential Guard facility Judge in Egypt's supreme court sworn in as interim president in Cairo Arrest warrants issued for 300 members of his Muslim Brotherhood party Military suspends Islamist-drafted constitution and calls for new elections At least 14 people have been killed in violent clashes after declaration Troops had been deployed near protest sites and key military sites President Obama expresses concern, car warmer but stops short of calling it a coup U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also appealed for calm and restraint Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is being held under house arrest after being toppled by the same kind of Arab Spring uprising that brought the Islamist leader to power just a year ago. Celebrations took place across Egypt all last night after the head of Egypt's armed forces issued a declaration suspending the constitution and appointing car warmer the head of the constitutional car warmer court as interim head of state. Gehad el-Haddad, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood party, said Morsi was under house arrest at a Presidential car warmer Guard facility where he had been residing, while 12 of his aides were also being held. Arrest warrants have also been issued for 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement .
The Egyptian military is not hanging around in implementing its 'roadmap' for the country. It has already overseen the appointment of the senior judge in Egypt's supreme car warmer constitutional court, Adly Mansour, who was sworn in as interim car warmer president car warmer today. He will be responsible for overseeing a revision of the constitution which will be followed by new parliamentary and presidential elections. The hope is they will far simpler than the ones that brought Mohamed Morsi to power last year which took place over several weeks. What isn't certain, car warmer however, is whether Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood will take part or whether they will even want to. Morsi won 5.7million votes in the first round of his elections and 13.2million in the second, while the Brotherhood secured more than 10million in the parliamentary elections. So they may argue why they should car warmer bother being involved in the process if they cannot win by democratic means. car warmer The military yesterday also suspended the Islamist-drafted constitution, called for new elections and announced it would install a temporary car warmer civilian government. The senior car warmer judge in Egypt's supreme constitutional court, Adly Mansour, car warmer was sworn in as interim president in Cairo today. In a televised broadcast, flanked by military leaders, religious authorities car warmer and political car warmer figures, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the 'roadmap' had been agreed by a range of political groups. Millions of anti-Morsi protesters around the country erupted in celebrations after the televised announcement by the army chief on Wednesday evening.
More... NINETY-ONE women protesters raped and sexually abused in Tahir Square in just four days as military begins to take over FTSE 100 plunges amid Eurozone fears and unrest in Egypt as oil prices rise to year-long high Fireworks burst over crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where men and women danced, shouting car warmer 'God is great' and 'Long live Egypt.' Fearing a violent reaction by Morsi's Islamist supporters, troops and armoured vehicles deployed in the streets of Cairo and elsewhere, surrounding Islamist rallies. Clashes erupted in several provincial cities when Islamists opened fire on police, with at least 14 people killed, security officials said. The army took control of state media and blacked out TV stations car warmer operated by the Muslim Brotherhood, car warmer while t he head of the Brotherhood's political wing was also arrested. Social media continued to function normally, however, with both the former car warmer president's aides and the opposition using Twitter and Facebook to provide updates.
Up in arms: Thousands of Pro-Morsi protesters take part in a protest in Raba'a Al-Adaweya square. Morsi said he is still the legitimate president of Egypt in a statement broadcast by pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel
Laser lights are flashed as protestors gather in Tahrir Square to celebrate the removal of President car warmer Morsi this evening
The price of oil stayed above $101 a barrel today after being jerked higher by the unrest in Egypt and a fall in U.S. energy stockpiles that suggests car warmer a recovery in demand. Benchmark crude for August delivery was up 16 cents to $101.40 at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained $1.64 to $101.24, its highest close since May 3, 2012, on Wednesday. Nymex floor trading is closed Thursday for the Independence Day holiday. Traders were worried that political upheaval in Egypt could slow the flow of oil from the Middle East to world markets. Egypt is
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