Egypt votes on final day of election for new president
By Associated Press in Cairo | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-18 07:58
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Egyptian election employees check women's IDs prior to voting at a polling station in Cairo on Sunday, as polling opened in Egypt's final day of a divisive election to choose a successor to ousted president Hosni Mubarak. The race pits a former government premier against an Islamist. Mohammed Abed / AFP |
Egyptians were choosing on Sunday between a conservative Islamist and Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister in the second day of a presidential runoff that has been overshadowed by questions on whether the ruling military will transfer power to civilian authority by July 1 as promised.
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