Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt vote

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Thousands fill Tahrir Square, reflect on deep political divides which have emerged in year since Mubarak's ouster<div class=feedflare>
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Millions expected to vote for nation's first president since ouster of longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak &nbsp | &nbsp Video<div class=feedflare>
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Egyptians are voting in the first free presidential election in their history, made possible by last year's Arab Spring uprising.

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[DrLeftover]

If the Muslim Brotherhood wins anything resembling a majority, it won't be good.

 

[Evil Eye]

Nope, but (provided it was all fair) it will have been their own choice.

 

[DrLeftover]

Oh, yeah, that's a bright side to it.



I could name a couple of other self inflicted choices like that that ended up being nightmares as well.

 

[Evil Eye]

Hmm. It's just that democracy fails if you can't vote it out.

 

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Muslim Brotherhood candidate leads race according to partial results; Run-off with second-place rival set for June<div class=feedflare>
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[Evil Eye]

Looks like CNN is showing a bit of the other side.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/22/world/africa/egypt-election-scaf/

 

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Mob sets fire to the campaign HQ of one of the 2 Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a runoff<div class=feedflare>
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Faced charges stemming from killing of protesters during uprising that toppled him; His two sons acquitted on corruption counts<div class=feedflare>
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A court in Egypt sentences ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of demonstrators in last year's Arab Spring uprising.

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However for the opposition, the ex-Egyptian president's conviction Saturday was only a partial victory<div class=feedflare>
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Huge crowds continue to occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square in protest against the outcome of the trial of Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak.

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High Court rules 2011 election in which Muslim Brotherhood won nearly half of legislature's seats was unconstitutional<div class=feedflare>
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Egypt's supreme court causes outrage by ruling last year's election unconstitutional and calling for parliament's lower house to be dissolved.

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Egyptians will vote over the next two days in a run-off to choose who will be their first freely-elected president.

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Islamist party candidate declares himself next president, but military power-grab would make him a leader with little real power<div class=feedflare>
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Interior Ministry: Egypt's ousted leader moved from prison to military hospital after reports he suffered a stroke Photos<div class=feedflare>
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