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Egypt announces end of state of emergency

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12-11-2013 | 10:09

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The Cabinet spokesman says Egypt's 3-month-old state of emergency is ending Tuesday after a court ruling.

A Cairo court ruled earlier in the day that the state of emergency expires Tuesday, Nov. 12, two days earlier than the interior minister said it would end.

The discrepancy came because while the state of emergency began on Aug. 14, it was renewed for two months on Sept. 12. The court said that means it ends on Nov. 12, not Nov. 14.

The end of the state of emergency would mean the end of a curfew also in place. The Cabinet spokesman says the government will abide by the ruling, but is waiting for the court to issue the decision in writing. It was not clear how long that would take.

Morsi supporters plan to stage big demonstrations on Friday, the first day after the end of a nightly curfew imposed by the army-backed government after it violently broke up pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo on Aug. 14.

Egypt has seen a wave of violence since the army overthrew Morsi in July amid mass protests against his rule. Hundreds have been killed, mostly from Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist supporters as well as about 100 security officers.

Morsi is in jail pending trial along with 14 other senior Muslim Brotherhood members on charges of inciting violence. Thousands of Islamist activists and Muslim Brotherhood leaders have also been arrested since his fall and a court has ordered a ban on the Brotherhood and all its activities.

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