Egypt's military ruler orders parliament dissolved

Egypt's military ruler orders parliament dissolved

Egypt's military ruler has ordered the dissolution of parliament, in line with a court ruling which Islamists who dominate the assembly condemn as a coup by the generals who took charge when Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi claimed Saturday that he had won 69 percent of the vote after the first-day of a two-day run-off election to determine Egypt's first freely-elected president in the country's history. Mursi is facing Ahmed Shafiq, who served as former Egyptian president Mubarak's prime minister in the final days of his rule.