Egypt's new president reconvenes parliament dissolved by military

Monday, July 9, 2012

CAIRO -- Egypt's Islamist president fired the first volley Sunday in his battle with the nation's powerful generals, calling on the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene despite a military-backed court ruling that dissolved it.

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