CAIRO: A senior United States (US) official was in Cairo on Monday to press for a return to elected government following Mohamed Morsi’s overthrow, as the Islamist leader’s supporters and opponents readied rival rallies.
Under Secretary of State Bill Burns, the first senior US official to visit since the July 3 overthrow of Egypt’s first freely president, flew in as the military-installed caretaker government tightened the screws on Morsi’s backers, freezing the assets of 14 top Islamists.
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