Egyptian President Morsi under house arrest following military action

Egypt’s first democratically-elected president is under house arrest after being overthrown by the military in the same kind of Arab Spring uprising that brought the Islamist leader to power just a year ago.

The armed forces announced they would install a temporary civilian government to replace Mohammed Morsi, who condemned the action as a “full coup” by the generals. They also suspended the Islamist-drafted constitution and called for a new election.