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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2013 23 Comments
Egypt LIVE Updates Today was the deadline set by the Egyptian military for President Mohammed Morsi to reach an accommodation with the opposition and protesters. Morsi just rejected the ultimatum, via BBC:

Egypt's president has rejected an army ultimatum that the country's crisis be resolved by Wednesday, amid deadly protests across the capital.

Mohammed Morsi insisted on his constitutional legitimacy as president and said he would not be dictated to. It is clear he expects the military to depose him in the coming hours, says the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Cairo
Says in speech:
"I am prepared to sacrifice my blood."
https://twitter.com/AJELive/statuses/352179761214271488 https://twitter.com/AJELive/statuses/352182086142140416 https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/352186952835014657 https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/352186290290180096

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2013 12 Comments
Update -- live video feed and updates moved to Egypt Countdown LIVE. Via BBC:

Opponents and supporters of Egypt's president have gathered in the capital, Cairo, as the deadline set by a protest group for him to leave power passed.

Tamarod (Rebel) had given Mohammed Morsi until 17:00 (15:00 GMT) to resign or face a civil disobedience campaign. The ultimatum was issued on Monday, hours before the military itself warned it would intervene unless he reached an agreement with the opposition. Mr Morsi criticised the statement, saying it "might cause confusion". The president met the head of the armed forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, for the second day in a row on Tuesday. They did not give any details of the talks, which also included Prime Minister Hisham Kandil.
Via NY Times:
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr resigned on Tuesday, bringing to six the number of ministers to leave the cabinet since the outbreak of mass anti-Morsi protests on Sunday. The cabinet spokesman, Alaa al-Hadidi, also quit, state media reported. Other state institutions also undermined Mr. Morsi’s grip on the state, with a court ruling ordering the removal of the Morsi-appointed prosecutor general, Talaat Abdallah, and moving to reinstate a prosecutor first appointed by President Hosni Mubarak before his ouster. Also on Tuesday, Egypt’s largest ultraconservative Islamist group and its political arm, the Nour party, joined the call for early presidential elections and the formation of a caretaker cabinet.
UPDATES: https://twitter.com/RT_com/statuses/352091470825668609 https://twitter.com/AhmedMorsy_/statuses/352096805015662593

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Posted by Andrew Branca on July 02, 2013 542 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post. During the lunch recess, or immediately thereafter, we will post a mid-day update (not just a list of tweets this time!). We'll then follow up with the usual detailed end-of-day wrap up, including video and embedded Tweets, at the usual time in the evening. [caption id="attachment_57359" align="alignnone" width="347"]Screen Shot 2013-07-02 at 8.13.45 AM Defense Attorney Mark O'Mara cross-examines Sanford PD Investigator Chris Serino, 7/1/13[/caption] This morning Court is expected to start at 9:00AM, with the continuing cross-examination of State witness Investigator Chris Serino, who at the time of events was the lead investigator into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Our two live video feeds and scrolling Twitter feed of selected commenters can be found just below these introductory comments. To see yesterday's end-of-day analysis and video, which describes how Mark O'Mara's cross-examination of Investigator Serino so severely damaged the State's theory of the case, click here:

Zimmerman Trial Day 6 – Analysis & Video – State’s witness Chris Serino seriously undermines charge

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2013 9 Comments

We have noted time and again that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hostility towards Israel seemed pathological, not political.  It's not just Erdogan.  The Turkish Foreign Minister has praised the martyrs against Israel. Now the Deputy Prime Minister has has suggested a Jewish conspiracy behind the protests centered...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2013 28 Comments

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Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 01, 2013 18 Comments

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Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 01, 2013 16 Comments

Egypt's military chief has issued an ultimatum of sorts - the army will intervene with its own solution if the country's leaders don't answer the demands of the people within 48 hours.  Since protesters are demanding that Morsi resign, it's unclear precisely what this means...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 01, 2013 446 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post.

During the lunch recess, or immediately thereafter, we will post a mid-day update (not just a list of tweets this time!). We'll then follow up with the usual detailed end-of-day wrap up, including video and embedded Tweets, at the usual time in the evening.

This morning Court is expected to start at 9:00AM.

To see our weekend wrap-upp & reader poll, covering last week's State's witness testimony and our exclusive analysis of it, click here:

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To see our Sunday evening post on the issue of how much injury one must suffer before you can act in lawful self-defense, click here:

Zimmerman Update — How Much Injury Is Required Before Self-Defense is Justified?

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