Egypt’s Morsi Calls Crisis Talks as Emergency Declared
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has urged leading opposition figures to attend a “national dialogue” meeting following four days of deadly violence.
Dozens of people have died since a court sentenced 21 people to death over football riots. Anger over Mr Morsi’s rule has fuelled unrest elsewhere.
Mr Morsi declared a state of emergency in Port Said, Suez and Ismalia, and a 21:00 to 06:00 curfew from Monday.
The opposition has yet to announce whether it will attend the talks.
It says the president must address its demands over the recently adopted constitution.
Violence continued on Monday morning, with one man killed by gunfire near Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
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