The United States on Friday called on Egypt's military to free deposed president Mohamed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters vowed to keep fighting for his reinstatement. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States agreed with Germany's earlier appeal for Morsi to be released and was "publicly" making the same request. Morsi has been held in a "safe place," according to Egypt's interim leaders, and has not been seen in public since his ouster on July 3. Psaki said US officials had been in regular contact with all sectors of Egyptian society, and Washington was echoing German calls for "an end to restrictions on Mr Morsi's whereabouts". A German ministry spokesman...
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