New York Times | Egypt's Ex-President Is Defiant at Murder Trial New York Times CAIRO — Held incommunicado for the four months since his overthrow as president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood walked into a makeshift courtroom on Monday for his new role as a defendant in a murder trial. Defiant Morsi Rejects Trial Kerry in Cairo: Egypt aid suspension 'not a punishment' Morsi trial is latest chapter in Egypt's power struggle |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Kerry visits Egypt, hails signs of democracy after military ouster NBCNews.com (blog) ... Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday there were signs Egypt's military-backed rulers would embrace democracy as he visited the country for the first time since the overthrow of elected president, Mohammed Morsi. |
New York Times | Lonely Advocate for Restraint in Egypt Tiptoes Around Talk of Compromise New York Times CAIRO — The news agency headline last week seemed harmless enough, perhaps even flattering. It paraphrased an Egyptian cabinet minister saying that his government and its opponent, the Muslim Brotherhood, should pursue “reconciliation.” ... |
Morsi defiant as trial adjourned in Egypt Aljazeera.com The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been adjourned, after he refused to recognise the court and acted "like a lion" in defiance, according to one of his lawyers. Morsi was flown in from a secret military location on Monday to an ... |
Egypt's Morsi at trial insists he is president USA TODAY CAIRO – Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Monday rejected the charges against him at the opening day of a trial brought by the military regime that ousted him, stating defiantly that he remains the "legitimate president" of the country. The first ... |
Egypt: Mohamed Morsy trial interrupted by defendants' chanting CNN Cairo (CNN) -- The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy got off to a raucous start Monday, with a judge twice pausing what was supposed to be a brief opening hearing as Morsy and his co-defendants loudly spoke over him, rejecting the ... |
Egypt: Morsi Trial Halted Due To Chanting Sky News Egypt's first democratically-elected president could face the death penalty or a life sentence if found guilty. According to the Al Ahram newspaper, Mr Morsi told the court: "I am the legitimate president of the country. I refuse to accept that the ... |
Egypt: Morsi trial delayed after chaotic start Los Angeles Times CAIRO -- Deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and his co-defendants shouted their defiance at the judge presiding over their trial on charges of incitement to murder, Egyptian television and witnesses said, prompting the judge to adjourn the ... |
Key Events in Egypt's Uprising and Unrest ABC News Egypt's deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was brought Monday from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial on charges of incitement of violence and murder. In his first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3 ... |
BBC News | Egypt on high alert as Mohammed Morsi arrives for trial BBC News Egypt's ousted former President Mohammed Morsi has arrived in court in Cairo where he is due to go on trial, state media say. He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters in clashes outside the ... |