Generals guard #Egypt power as Islamists claim lead http://t.co/6EvLHgKg via @reuters
With polls closed, #Egypt waits for president, Brotherhood claim lead http://t.co/6EvLHgKg via @reuters
With polls closed, #Egypt waits for president http://t.co/6EvLHgKg via @reuters
#Egypt tenses for new president after vote http://t.co/AvMYSUs6 via @reuters
Voices of #Egypt vote: http://t.co/JSuFNto9
Egypt tenses for new president after vote
CAIRO (Reuters) – A second day of voting on Sunday will deliver Egypt’s first freely elected president, though the country faces renewed tension whether he is a former general from the old guard or an Islamist from the long-suppressed Muslim Brotherhood.
Millions lined up quietly on Saturday to cast ballots for either Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister of Hosni Mubarak, or Mohamed Morsy, a U.S.-educated engineer who spent time in Mubarak’s jails and offers Egypt a new start as an Islamic democracy.
Anxious, weary Egypt to choose president
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians vote for a president on Saturday in a runoff election that for many offers only a choice of the lesser of two evils – a military man who served deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak or a conservative Islamist who says he is running for God.
Reeling from a court order two days ago to dissolve a new parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, many question whether the wealthy generals who pushed aside their fellow officer Mubarak last year to appease the pro-democracy protests of the Arab Spring will honour a pledge to let civilians rule.


