Military grip tightens around Egypt

Egypt’s military has moved to tighten its control on key institutions in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country’s Islamist president when its ultimatum expires.

For the second time in Egypt’s tumultuous two and a half years of upheaval, the powerful army appears to be positioned to remove the country’s leader. But this time, it would be ousting a democratically elected president, the first in Egypt’s history – making its move potentially explosive.