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Egypt army topples president, announces transition Updated: 2013-07-04 06:53 ( Agencies) Protesters, who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, react in Tahrir Square in Cairo July 3, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] CAIRO - Egypts armed forces overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday, sparking wild rejoicing in the streets at the prospect of new elections as a range of political leaders backed a new political transition. Mursi was sequestered in a Republican Guard barracks after denouncing a military coup that stripped him of power after just a year. As tanks and troops secured the area, tens of thousands of supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood rallied nearby to protest against his removal. Mursis dramatic removal after a year in office as Egypts first freely elected president marked another twist in the turmoil that has gripped the Arab worlds most populous country in the two years since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The liberals chief negotiator with the army, former U.N. diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei, said the programme agreed with the generals during talks on Wednesday would ensure the continuation of the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. Claiming a mandate from the people, millions of whom have protested against political upheaval and economic stagnation under Brotherhood rule, armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Mursi had failed to meet demands for national unity. Those in the meeting have agreed on a roadmap for the future that includes initial steps to achieve the building of a strong Egyptian society that is cohesive and does not exclude anyone and ends the state of tension and division, Sisi said in a solemn address broadcast live on state television. He said the security forces would keep order. There were scattered clashes between rival factions around the country but so far nothing on the scale of violence in w