(Wall Street Journal) Matt Bradley - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters turned out on Friday to protest the military-led ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. At least 30 people died in violence across the country, with another 1,076 injured. "We will protect our president Morsi with our necks. We are all willing to sacrifice our necks and souls for him," Brotherhood General Guide Mohammed Badie told demonstrators at Cairo's Rabaa Mosque. Meanwhile, interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential declaration dissolving the Shura Council, the Islamist-dominated legislative body that has managed most legislative duties since courts dissolved the parliament's lower house last summer.
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