the verdict is in...
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/egypt-security-slaps-travel-ban-on-mo...Egyptian army topples Morsi
From: AAP
July 04, 2013 6:29AM

THE Egyptian army has toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi after a week of bloodshed that killed nearly 50 people.
Millions took to the streets to demand an end to his turbulent single year of rule.
The announcement, made on state television by Morsi's own defence minister, armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, drew a rapturous welcome from the protesters who have camped out on the streets of Cairo for days.
Sisi also announced a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections.
Thousands of people immediately took to the streets of the capital to celebrate, cheering, whistling, letting off firecrackers, and honking car horns in joyous scenes.
But Morsi's office rejected the move as "illegal" and called on Egyptians to peacefully resist the "coup".
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, came under massive pressure in the run-up to Sunday's anniversary of his maiden year in office, with his opponents accusing him of failing the 2011 revolution by concentrating power in Islamist hands.
The embattled 62-year-old proposed a "consensus government" as a way out of the country's worst crisis since the 2011 uprising ended three decades of authoritarian rule by Hosni Mubarak.
But the United States urged Morsi to "do more" as a military deadline passed for him to meet the demands of the people following a week of bloody unrest during mass protests calling for him to quit.
The advice came too late, however, as the army said the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly al-Mansour, a previously little known judge, would become the new leader of the Arab world's most populous country.
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, the UN nuclear watchdog chief, and the heads of the Coptic Church and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, sat alongside the armed forces chief as he announced Morsi's overthrow on state television.
The choreography was designed to show broad civilian support for the military's move to topple Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, dashing the hopes of supporters who had seen his elevation to the presidency after years underground as one of the key achievements of the 2011 revolution.
Morsi's camp had earlier denounced the army's intervention as a coup.
"For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let's call what is happening by its real name: military coup," Essam al-Haddad, Morsi's national security adviser, said in a statement on Facebook.
As tension mounted and crowds poured onto the streets to demand Morsi's resignation, Haddad said: "As I write these lines I am fully aware that these may be the last lines I get to post on this page."
AFP correspondents reported seeing dozens of armoured personnel carriers heading towards Islamist gatherings at Cairo University, Heliopolis and Nasr City.
But in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the security forces looked on as tens of thousands of anti-Morsi protesters rallied in a demonstration that dwarfed that of the embattled president's supporters in Nasr City, on the opposite side of town.
Opponents accuse Morsi of having betrayed the revolution by concentrating power in Islamist hands and of sending the economy into freefall. His supporters said he inherited many problems, and that he should be allowed to see out his mandate, which had been supposed to run until 2016.
The military's roadmap for the future provides for an interim administration, of up to one year, which would include the head of the supreme constitutional court and a senior army figure.
The constitution, controversially approved by Morsi's Islamist allies in December, would be suspended for up to 12 months while a new one was drawn up and put to a referendum, before presidential and parliamentary elections.
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/egypt-president-mohamed-morsi-overthrown-by-ar...Egypt president Mohamed Morsi overthrown by army
From: AP
July 04, 2013 6:43AM
Morsi overthrown
Egypt army releases road map for future
Morsi aide says he has been moved to an "undisclosed location."
THE head of Egypt's army says President Mohamed Morsi has been overthrown after a week of bloodshed that killed nearly 50 people.
Egypt's military chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says Mr Morsi will be replaced by the chief justice of constitutional court, Adly al-Mansour. General Sissi also announced a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections.
An aide of Mr Morsi's said he had been moved to an undisclosed location.


Defence Minister Lieutenant General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addressing the nation on Egyptian State Television Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Picture: AP Photo/Egyptian State Television

Egyptians celebrate at a tea house at Defence Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's announcement in Cairo's Zamalek district.