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       Egypt court says state of emergency lifted, but security forces 
       enforcing it
       By: I-Luv-Rashi Date: November 13, 2013, 1:08 am
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       Egypt court says state of emergency lifted, but security forces
       enforcing it
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       (CNN) -- Egypt's administrative court said Tuesday that it has
       lifted a three-month state of emergency in the country, though
       the nation's military and police said they're still enforcing it
       because they'd yet to receive the court's ruling, state-run
       media reported.
       Because of the security forces' stance, it wasn't immediately
       clear when the emergency rules -- which include curfews intended
       to limit public gatherings after deadly clashes in August --
       would truly be canceled.
       The emergency was ordered in August, during a period of intense
       unrest after the July coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsy.
       Clashes flared in August when security forces broke up huge
       Cairo sit-ins led by Morsy supporters; hundreds died, and
       thousands were injured.
       Mohamed Morsy trial interrupted by defendants' chanting
       The administrative court announced Tuesday that the state of
       emergency would be lifted in the afternoon, two days earlier
       than expected, the state-run Middle East News Agency reported.
       But Tuesday night, the military said on Facebook that the
       nighttime curfews would continue until the court officially
       notified it of its order.
       The Interior Ministry also said it hadn't received the court
       order, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
       Muslim Brotherhood ban upheld
       Egypt's Cabinet had said previously that the emergency would be
       lifted on Thursday.
       The military ousted Morsy on July 3 and installed an interim
       government, saying Morsy was a tyrant trying to impose
       conservative values. Morsy supporters, including the Muslim
       Brotherhood, have said the coup was an illegal power grab by the
       military and elements of the regime of longtime strongman Hosni
       Mubarak.
       Morsy is awaiting trial on allegations that he ordered
       supporters to attack protesters in December, while he still was
       in power.
       Morsy became the country's first democratically elected
       president in June 2012, more than a year after protests prompted
       Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades with the military's
       support, to step down.
       Mubarak faces a retrial on charges involving the killing of
       hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him.
       Opinion: Egypt and the death of liberalism
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