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Egypt's Morsi urges 'revolution' as officer killed

An image grab taken from Egyptian state television shows Mohamed Morsi in the accused cage in a makeshift courtroom inside a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo on January 28, 2014. Photo: AFP

Cairo, Egypt:  Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi Saturday urged supporters from a courtroom dock to press their "revolution", as a protest movement demanding his reinstatement shrinks in the face of a crackdown.

The defiant call came during Morsi's trial on charges related to jailbreaks and attacks on police, as a separate court acquitted six police officers of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising against his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.

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