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                 Egyptian Army Chief Sissi Submits Resignation

   by Diaa Bekheet

   Egypt's army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has submitted his resignation
   to the interim president Adly Mansour. If accepted, the resignation
   will pave the way for Sissi to run for president.
   El-Sissi, who toppled Egypt's first freely elected president Mohamed
   Morsi last July, must leave the army in order to run in the
   presidential election, which he is widely expected to win easily.
   No date vote has yet been set for the vote.
   The announcement comes just two days after a court in southern Egypt
   mass sentenced 529 Morsi supporters to death for killing a police
   officer.
   It also comes a few hours after the military-installed government sent
   more than 1,700 other Brotherhood and Morsi supporters to trial on
   charges including violence, terrorism, and murder.''The rulings have
   fueled long-running students protests throughout Egypt.
     ''Clashes erupted Wednesday between police and students at several
   Egyptian universities, and live television images monitored in
   Washington showed police using tear gas and bullets to disperse the
   protesters. Dozens have been arrested at Cairo and Zagazig
   universities.
   The students are demanding the release of their colleagues from jails
   and protesting the  death sentences against Morsi's supporters and the
   Brotherhood members.
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