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Morsi Defies Egyptian Military, Demonstrators

President Morsi refuses to budge despite the pressure put on him by the military, protesters and President Obama.
Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi use lasers to write "Egypt" on the Mogamma building, Egypt's biggest administrative building at Tahrir Square in Cairo July 2, 2013. Egypt's army reprised its role as hero in a new act of the country's political drama on Monday with a move celebrated by protesters as a decisive blow against an unpopular president just two and half years after the military unseated his predecessor.  REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11

CAIRO­ — Millions of demonstrators continued their sit-ins across Egypt on Tuesday [July 2] for the third consecutive day of what is said to be the biggest protest in the history of the volatile nation. Hundreds of thousands surrounded President Mohammed Morsi’s main presidential palaces in eastern Cairo and spray-painted “Game Over” on the gates of the Qubba Palace, where he relocated on Sunday [June 30].

Earlier on Tuesday, a statement by the White House announced the details of US President Barack Obama’s phone conversation with Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohammed Morsi. Obama’s remarks were made a few hours after Egypt’s military threatened to intervene and impose a roadmap for the country’s immediate future if the public’s demands weren’t met by Wednesday afternoon.

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