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| Egypt court reinstates top prosecutor sacked by Morsi | Egypt court reinstates top prosecutor sacked by Morsi |
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| An Egypt appeal court has ordered the reinstatement of the country's top prosecutor, sacked by President Mohammed Morsi in November. | An Egypt appeal court has ordered the reinstatement of the country's top prosecutor, sacked by President Mohammed Morsi in November. |
| The court also cancelled Mr Morsi's decision to appoint a new prosecutor general, Talat Ibrahim. | The court also cancelled Mr Morsi's decision to appoint a new prosecutor general, Talat Ibrahim. |
| Mr Morsi's removal of Abdel Maguid Mahmoud angered senior judges, who saw it as an attack on their authority. | Mr Morsi's removal of Abdel Maguid Mahmoud angered senior judges, who saw it as an attack on their authority. |
| The sacking was one of his first moves after issuing a decree granting himself sweeping new powers. | The sacking was one of his first moves after issuing a decree granting himself sweeping new powers. |
| The decree took away judicial powers to reverse decisions made by the president. But Mr Morsi eventually retracted it after a rising tide of protest. | The decree took away judicial powers to reverse decisions made by the president. But Mr Morsi eventually retracted it after a rising tide of protest. |
| However, he kept in place his new appointment as prosecutor general. | However, he kept in place his new appointment as prosecutor general. |
| The incumbent prosecutor, Mr Mahmoud, had been appointed by ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. | The incumbent prosecutor, Mr Mahmoud, had been appointed by ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. |
| In December, amid outrage over his appointment, Mr Ibrahim made, and then retracted, an offer to resign. | In December, amid outrage over his appointment, Mr Ibrahim made, and then retracted, an offer to resign. |
| He will now be compelled to resign, after the court ordered that Mr Mahmoud be returned to his post. | |
| A BBC reporter in Cairo says the country's justice minister must now abide by the court's decision. | |
| Mr Morsi has faced a range of problems since he took office in June 2012 after the country's first post-Mubarak presidential election. | |
| As well as a simmering feud with the judiciary, pro-reform protests in Cairo have continued, with deaths during anti-Morsi protests to mark two years since the fall of Mubarak. | |
| The president has also been accused of failing to hold officials accountable for alleged crimes carried out during the Mubarak years. | |
| There was a wave of violence in January 2013 following the imposition of death sentences on 21 people over football violence. | |
| Political progress has been slow in Egypt, with parliamentary elections scheduled for this spring now postponed with no new date set. | |
| According to a report by Egypt's official news agency, Mena, Mr Morsi - currently in Qatar for a meeting of the Arab League - now estimates the polls will be held as late as October. |