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| Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheikh jailed in the US for a plot to blow up New York City landmarks. | Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheikh jailed in the US for a plot to blow up New York City landmarks. |
| In his first public speech, addressing tens of thousands of people in Tahrir Square on Friday, Morsi promised to work to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, the spiritual leader of men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. | In his first public speech, addressing tens of thousands of people in Tahrir Square on Friday, Morsi promised to work to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, the spiritual leader of men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. |
| He also promised to free detained Egyptian protesters facing military tribunals. | He also promised to free detained Egyptian protesters facing military tribunals. |
| New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, responded on Friday night to Morsi's pledge, saying he would oppose any effort to "undermine" Abdel-Rahman serving a life sentence. He said the sheikh's conviction was a measure of justice against a man "who tried to kill so many". | New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, responded on Friday night to Morsi's pledge, saying he would oppose any effort to "undermine" Abdel-Rahman serving a life sentence. He said the sheikh's conviction was a measure of justice against a man "who tried to kill so many". |
| Morsi earlier read the oath of office and defied the country's military rulers by saying: "I fear no one but God." | Morsi earlier read the oath of office and defied the country's military rulers by saying: "I fear no one but God." |
| He was speaking on the eve of his official swearing-in ceremony, which had been scheduled to take place in front of a high court. But many protesters called on him to take the oath in the square to defy the ruling generals who took power after Hosni Mubarak's ouster. | He was speaking on the eve of his official swearing-in ceremony, which had been scheduled to take place in front of a high court. But many protesters called on him to take the oath in the square to defy the ruling generals who took power after Hosni Mubarak's ouster. |
| "There is no power above people power," Morsi said to wild cheers from the crowd, many of whom were supporters of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood. | "There is no power above people power," Morsi said to wild cheers from the crowd, many of whom were supporters of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood. |
| "Today you are the source of this power. You give this power to whoever you want and you withhold it from whoever you want, with God's blessings." | "Today you are the source of this power. You give this power to whoever you want and you withhold it from whoever you want, with God's blessings." |
| Egypt's constitutional court dissolved the Islamist-dominated lower house this month in a series of measures designed to ensure that the generals who took over from Mubarak will keep a strong grip on Egypt's affairs even after Morsi takes power. | Egypt's constitutional court dissolved the Islamist-dominated lower house this month in a series of measures designed to ensure that the generals who took over from Mubarak will keep a strong grip on Egypt's affairs even after Morsi takes power. |
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