Zee News
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has said that he ordered the retirement of the powerful head of the country's armed forces, Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, for the benefit of the nation'. Mursi has also announced the retirement of Chief of...
International Business Times
Tantawi, who was controlling the country during the transition period, had an uneasy relationship with Mursi. Along with Tantawi, six top military officials including the chief of the army staff General Sami Anan, have been forced to retire from...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi made a series of decisive moves Sunday -- including forcing into retirement several members of the military -- that transformed him from a weak figurehead with little say over key security and constitutional matters...
SF Gate
Egypt's Islamist president ordered the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff Sunday and made the boldest move so far to seize back powers that the military stripped from his office right before he took over. It was not immediately...
BBC
The announcement that Egypt's armed forces chief Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi and his number two, Sami Annan, were being forced to retire caught the nation by surprise. In total, seven members of the military's top brass were removed from...
Africa Headlines
Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi decided to assume legislative power, reversing constitutional decrees issued by the military council in June, said his spokesman on Sunday. Mursi decided to grant himself all powers stated in article "56" including the...