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ElBaradei to become Egyptian PM ElBaradei to become Egyptian PM
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Leading liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei is to be named prime minister, the BBC understands. Leading liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei is to be named prime minister of a new caretaker government, his supporters say.
Mena state news agency says he is meeting interim President Adly Mahmud Mansour, three days after the army removed Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi amid growing nationwide unrest. Mena state news agency says he met interim President Adly Mahmud Mansour, three days after the army removed Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi amid growing nationwide unrest.
The move in turn triggered violent unrest by Morsi supporters on Friday. The move has in turn triggered mass unrest by supporters of Mr Morsi.
Mr ElBaradei, a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, leads an alliance of liberal and left-wing parties. Mr ElBaradei is a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
More than 30 people died and hundreds were wounded in Friday's protests by Islamist supporters of the deposed president. He and other party leaders attended a meeting called by Mr Mansour on Saturday.
Huge crowds have demonstrated again in Cairo on Saturday to demand his reinstatement. Mr ElBaradei leads an alliance of liberal and left-wing parties, the National Salvation Front.
Meanwhile opponents of Mr Morsi have called for demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood, to which he belongs, on Sunday. A spokesman for the front told AP news agency that Mr Mansour would swear him in as prime minister on Saturday evening.
He is in detention, along with some senior Brotherhood figures. In a BBC interview on Thursday, Mr ElBaradei defended the army's intervention, saying: "We were between a rock and a hard place."
"It is a painful measure, nobody wanted that," he said. "But Mr Morsi unfortunately undermined his own legitimacy by declaring himself a few months ago as a pharaoh and then we got into a fist fight, and not a democratic process."
More than 30 people died and about 1,000 were wounded in Friday's protests by Islamist supporters of the deposed president.
On Saturday crowds demonstrated again to demand his reinstatement. Funerals for those who died have also been taking place.
The BBC's Kevin Connolly in Cairo says Egypt remains sharply divided between Islamist supporters of Mr Morsi and rival demonstrators who helped force him from office.
The latter have called for demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday.
Mr Morsi is in detention, along with some senior Muslim Brotherhood figures.