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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Egypt Lifts Post-Morsi State of Emergency Tuesday Nov 12,2013

An Egyptian court has ordered an end to the state of emergency, two days ahead of schedule and three months after it was imposed during a crackdown on protesters supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi

An adviser to Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi told that both the state of emergency and the 01:00-05:00 curfew were lifted with effect from 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Tuesday Nov 12,2013

The court decision comes despite the continued protests in different parts of the country

The cabinet said in a statement it would respect the ruling but would wait for official notification from the court before implementing it

The state of emergency, accompanied by a night time curfew, had been scheduled to expire on Thursday Nov 14,2013

It was imposed on Aug 14,2013 after a deadly crackdown by security forces on protest camps set up by supporters of Morsi, who was overthrown by the military on July 3,2013 following mass rallies against his rule

The state of the emergency allowed the authorities to make arrests without warrants and gave security officials the right to search people's homes

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