President Morsi pledges 'new Egypt'

Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a “new Egypt” as he took the oath of office today to become the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

At his inauguration before the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, the 60-year-old also became the Arab world’s first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt’s fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago.