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Dark Truths Behind Egypt's Polarising Presidential Elections

Bel Trew | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Hilary Clinton, UK, Egypt, UK Politics, Egypt News, World, Egypt Elections, World News, Ahmed Shafiq, Mohamed Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, UK News
Bel Trew

There is no going back on democracy in Egypt, USA Secretary of State Hilary Clinton declared Thursday about the Egyptian two-day presidential runoff elections taking place this weekend...The low voter turnout during day one of the runoffs was telling that something is rotten in the state of Egypt.

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Why I'd Be Voting Islamist

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Egypt Military Civilian Government, Egypt Military Council, Egypt Elections, Ahmed-Shafiq-Egypt-President-Elections, Mohammed Morsi, World, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

The results of the first round of voting in the Egyptian presidential election were not good. To be more specific, they were very bad. The runoff will pit Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group already dominant in parliament, against Ahmed Shafik, a former commander of the air force and Mubarak's last prime minister.

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