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Egypt's army gives parties 48 hours to resolve crisis Egypt's army gives parties 48 hours to resolve crisis
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Egypt's army has given the country's rival parties 48 hours to resolve a deadly political crisis.Egypt's army has given the country's rival parties 48 hours to resolve a deadly political crisis.
It would offer its own "road map" for peace if Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his opponents failed to heed "the will of the people", it said. The army would offer a "road map" for peace if Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his opponents failed to heed "the will of the people", it said.
The statement came after anti-government protesters stormed the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. It came after protesters stormed the Cairo office of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which the president belongs.
Eight people died as the building was ransacked, a day after millions rallied nationwide urging Mr Morsi to quit.Eight people died as the building was ransacked, a day after millions rallied nationwide urging Mr Morsi to quit.
The head of the armed forces described the protests as an "unprecedented" expression of the popular will. He became Egypt's first Islamist president on 30 June 2012, after winning an election considered free and fair following the 2011 revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
But in his pre-recorded statement broadcast on state television on Monday evening, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the army would not get involved in politics or government. Morsi defiant
Protesters outside the presidential palace cheered and honked car horns at news of Gen Sisi's statement, believing it spelt the end for Mr Morsi, says the BBC's Khaled Ezzelarab in Cairo. The head of the armed forces described Sunday's protests as an "unprecedented" expression of the popular will.
Earlier, the opposition movement behind the protests, Tamarod (Rebel), gave Mr Morsi until Tuesday afternoon to step down and call fresh presidential elections, or else face a campaign of civil disobedience. But in a statement read out by a spokesman on state television on Monday evening, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the army would not get involved in politics or government.
On Saturday, Tamarod said it had collected more than 22 million signatures - more than a quarter of Egypt's population - in support. The opposition movement behind the protests, Tamarod (Rebel), welcomed the statement, but said it would continue demonstrations to force Mr Morsi out.
There were scenes of flag-waving jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Tamarod supporters believed the statement spelt the end for a president they accuse of putting the Brotherhood's interests ahead of the country's as a whole.
As five helicopters flew over the square with huge Egyptian flags hanging below them, the crowds chanted: "The army and the people are one hand."
But a senior member of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) rejected the military statement.
"Solutions will be in the framework of the constitution," Yasser Hamza, a member of the FJP's legal committee, told Al Jazeera TV. "The age of military coups is over."
The opposition movement had given Mr Morsi until Tuesday afternoon to step down and call fresh presidential elections, or else face a campaign of civil disobedience.
On Saturday, the group said it had collected more than 22 million signatures - more than a quarter of Egypt's population - in support.
But Mr Morsi was defiant in an interview published on Sunday, rejecting calls for early presidential elections.But Mr Morsi was defiant in an interview published on Sunday, rejecting calls for early presidential elections.
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad Haddad told the BBC the roadmap referred to by Gen Sisi did not necessarily increase pressure on the president to call early presidential elections.Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad Haddad told the BBC the roadmap referred to by Gen Sisi did not necessarily increase pressure on the president to call early presidential elections.
Rather, he said, the pressure was on Egypt's constitutional court to swiftly issue a new parliamentary law and to call for parliamentary elections.Rather, he said, the pressure was on Egypt's constitutional court to swiftly issue a new parliamentary law and to call for parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, the al-Watan website said the ministers of tourism, environment, communication and legal affairs had resigned in an act of "solidarity with the people's demand to overthrow the regime".Meanwhile, the al-Watan website said the ministers of tourism, environment, communication and legal affairs had resigned in an act of "solidarity with the people's demand to overthrow the regime".
Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here. US President Barack Obama has called for restraint on all sides, saying the potential for violence remained.
Read the terms and conditions Although it was not the job of the US to choose Egypt's leaders, it wanted to make sure all voices were heard, said Mr Obama during a visit to Tanzania.