Morsi vows to unite Egyptians

Egypt's first democratically elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi has vowed to be a leader for all Egyptians and unite the deeply divided country.

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Published 25 June 2012 8:25pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

By Vesna Nazor

Source: SBS

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His supporters are celebrating his historic election victory, with thousands of people cramming into Cairo's Tahrir SquarE, the birth-place of Egypt's revolution, to mark the start of a new era.

But while Egypt finally has a new president, it's still without a constitution or parliament and it's unclear just how much power the ruling military council will hand over to a civilian leader.

Vesna Nazor reports.

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