`Egypt’s Morsi flexes power

Egyptian Parliament Speaker Saad el-Katani presides over a brief session of Parliament, the first since the country’s high court ruled the chamber unconstitutional, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday. Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament convened Tuesday in defiance of a ruling by the country&rsq...

The faceoff between Egypt’s new Islamist president and the old guard military sharpened Tuesday, with parliament defying orders to disband and the highest court slapping back at Mohammed Morsi in what has become an early glimpse into how he may flex his power.

Morsi’s rapi...

Published: 07/11/2012