In a stunning turnaround for a country that deposed longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak only two years ago in a popular revolt, his democratically elected successor, Mohamed Morsi, has been swept from power by a military riding a wave of popular protests against Morsi's Islamist government.
A massive crowd of protesters cheered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday after General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that Morsi had been ousted by the military.
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