Egypt's Ousted Leader Mohammed Morsi Appears In Court But His Trial Is Adjourned Until 2014

In Court, Defiant Mursi Says He Is Still Egypt's President -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Mursi, given his first public forum since his overthrow in a trial where he could face execution, declared on Monday he was still Egypt's legitimate president and shouted: "Down with military rule!"

Mursi, an Islamist who was toppled by the army in July after mass protests against him, spoke with anger and passion, interrupting the first day of his trial repeatedly from his cage during an unruly hearing that the judge adjourned to January 8.

State television aired brief footage of Mursi, the first public sighting of the president since his overthrow in July. Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president, had been kept in an undisclosed location since then.

"I am Dr. Mohamed Mursi. I am president of the republic," said Mursi.

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