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Egypt army gives politicians 48 hours to agree

CAIRO - The head of Egypt's armed forces gave politicians 48 hours on Monday to answer demands made by the Egyptian people or the military would offer its own "road map for the future".
In a statement read on state television, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called mass protests on Sunday, which called for Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign, an "unprecedented" expression of the popular will.