The Egyptian security forces started disbanding the two major sit-ins of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's supporters early Wednesday, eyewitnesses told Xinhua.
At two major squares in Egypt's capital of Cairo, pro-Morsi sit-inners increased "guards" at the entrances in the early hours of Monday, amid circulated news about possible police crackdown.
The Egyptian popular protests that led to the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi were not "a photoshop uprising" and the video footage of the protests were not fabricated as the Muslim Brotherhood claims.
Egypt's government on Wednesday demanded an end to sit-ins staged by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi after foreign mediation failed.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged all the parties in Egypt "to act with maximum restraint" and called on "the interim authorities to ensure law and order along with guaranteeing the safety and security of all Egyptians."
The Egyptian constitution is expected to be amended within four months, after which parliamentary polls and then presidential election will be held, a presidential political adviser said Wednesday.
Egypt's prosecution decided Wednesday to extend the detention of eight Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leading figures for 15 days pending investigations over charges of inciting violence and killings, official news agency MENA reported.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel- Fatah al-Sisi met Monday with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who praised the army's response to the will of the people, state-run al-Ahram Online reported.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Wednesday that deposed President Mohamed Morsi is in a safe place and well treated, but not allowed out for his own safety, official news agency MENA reported.
At least 42 people were killed Monday in clashes outside a military facility in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the Health Ministry told Xinhua.
Opponents and supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi held nationwide protests on Sunday, with the former celebrating his leave and the latter demanding his return.
Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group made mistakes but that does not justify a military coup, the group's official lawyer, Adel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsood, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
The Egyptian armed forces said late Thursday it avoids taking any exceptional measures against any political group or party in the country, a day after ousting Islamist-oriented President Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi was reportedly under home arrest as of early Thursday, according to official newspaper Al-Ahram.
Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi did not make a mistake, brother of Morsi, Saeed Mohamed Morsi, told Xinhua on Thursday in an exclusive interview.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi vowed late Tuesday to stay on amid the ongoing political division in his country, where the opposition and liberals urged him to step down.
The Egyptian army on Monday set 48 hours as a deadline for all parties to resolve the crisis before imposing a military-supervised roadmap for the future of Egypt, the defense minister said in an audio speech aired on state TV.
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