Egyptian President Replaces Prosecutor General To Cement His Grip On Power

A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on Nov. 22, 2012, shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meeting with the newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi also on Thursday fired the country’s top prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud by decreeing with immediate effect that he could only stay in office for four years and replacing him with Talaat Abdullah. <Xinhua/Egyptian Presidency>