Political Comment (9 July 2012)

 

Muhammad Mursi has been inaugurated as Egypt's president, although the powers of the office have yet to be determined.  The Russians got their way at the Geneva meeting of the "action group" on Syria, while a meeting of the opposition in Cairo ended in disarray.

 

Mursi Inaugurated

Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi's 30 June inauguration provided the first of what promises to be a series of trials...