Wife of Egypt's ousted leader makes 1st appearance

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AP Cairo
Last Updated : Aug 08 2013 | 8:23 PM IST
The wife of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi has addressed thousands of his supporters at a protest camp in Cairo, where she vowed: "He is coming back, God willing."
Naglaa Mahmoud made her first appearance today since the July 3 military coup, which followed mass rallies demanding her husband's removal from office. He's been held incommunicado since then.
Speaking on a makeshift stage, she delivered what she described as "good news," saying, "We are victorious" and Egypt "is Islamic."
The protest camp is the site of one of two sit-ins by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group and its allies. Protesters demand Morsi's reinstatement.
The interim government has said it will clear the sit-ins and that nearly two weeks of foreign diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the standoff have failed.

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First Published: Aug 08 2013 | 8:23 PM IST

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