| Egypt’s ‘legitimate’ leader, defiant Morsi, tells Egypt court to try ‘coup’ leaders instead!

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I’m Egypt’s ‘legitimate’ leader, defiant Mohammed Morsi tells trial, says it’s a cover for ‘military coup’ ~

Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press, National Post.

AFP/Getty ImagesAn image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in court on November 4, 2013, in Cairo in his first public appearance four months after the military toppled him. Morsi was indignant and outraged.

CAIRO, Egypt — After four months in secret detention, Egypt’s deposed Islamist president defiantly rejected a court’s authority to try him Monday, saying he was the country’s “legitimate” leader and those that overthrew him should face charges instead. The trial was then adjourned until Jan. 8 after several interruptions.

President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, had been held at an undisclosed location since the military ousted him in a coup on July 3.

Looking healthy, Morsi appeared in court wearing a dark blue…

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