Saturday, June 07, 2014

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to be sworn in as Egypt's president --- Former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to be sworn in as Egypt's new president after winning by a landslide in May's elections. -- Security forces have been deployed at key locations around the capital Cairo in preparation for the ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional Court. -- The retired field marshal overthrew President Mohammed Morsi last July -- He has since been locked in a battle with Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, which urged a boycott of the elections. -- Liberal and secular activists, including the 6 April youth movement which was prominent in the 2011 revolution that ousted long-serving President Hosni Mubarak, also shunned the 26-28 May poll in protest at the curtailing of civil rights. -- More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27751813

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