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Egypt's elections will go ahead: Junta

Submitted by kieronb on Fri, 2011-11-25 14:36

Egypt's elections will go ahead: Junta "Egypt's ruling generals have defied their critics and declared that national elections will begin as planned in three days' time - a move that seemed certain to escalate tensions between the military government and demonstrators."

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