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Egypt's Military Gives Morsi Two Days to Calm Nation
(Los Angeles Times) Jeffrey Fleishman and Ingy Hassieb - The Egyptian military announced Monday that it would intervene in two days if President Mohamed Morsi and the opposition failed to end the political unrest that threatens the nation's economy and security. The military said it did not want to govern but signaled to Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood movement that it was exasperated by the turmoil. The army ruled Egypt after the February 2011 overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak until Morsi's inauguration a year ago. Gen. Abdel Fattah Sisi, defense minister and chief of the armed forces, stressed that the military was not seeking to return to political life but rather to form a more inclusive civilian government.