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Egypt: Voters Head to the Polls Following Mass Civil Unrest

HeadlineNov 28, 2011

Voters in Egypt are going to the polls today in the opening round of the first parliamentary elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February. The election follows nine days of intense protests in Tahrir Square and across Egypt calling for the end of military rule. A crackdown on the protests has left at least 42 people dead and more than 3,000 wounded across the country.

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