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Egypt's Morsi leaves for Saudi on first foreign trip

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Egypt's Islamist president is flying to Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip, underscoring the traditionally close ties between the two regional powerhouses.

 

Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has said his administration has no plans to "export" Egypt's revolution, an implicit reassurance to Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, nervous over the possibility of Arab Spring revolts reaching their shores. (AP)

 

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