One Dead in Clashes as Egyptians Await Mursi TV Address
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President Mohamed Mursi, facing mounting pressure to step down, said Egypt’s turmoil is threatening to paralyze the state and accused his opponents of aligning themselves with “enemies of the revolution.”
In a 2 1/2-hour speech before planned nationwide rallies on June 30 seeking to end his rule, Mursi admitted making mistakes though he blamed the nation’s crisis on an opposition that has rejected his calls for talks. Clashes before the speech between his supporters and opponents in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura killed one person, according to the health ministry. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, protesters chanted “Leave, leave” as they watched the Islamist leader’s address.