Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates:

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Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates
Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates:

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Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates
Reuters – The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood looks set for a dominant role in Egypt’s first free parliament in decades and is promising rivals a role in writing a new constitution as military generals face growing pressure to hand power to civilians.

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In final leg of vote, Egypt’s Islamists eye majority
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AP – Syrian troops stormed Saturday a central town and a northwestern region in search of opponents of the government as pressure on Damascus intensified to end an eight-month crisis that has left thousands of people dead, activists said.

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Syrian troops attack despite Arab peace plan
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AP – More than 750 civilians have been killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began in mid-March, a human rights group said Tuesday as the government pressed its efforts to end the nationwide unrest.

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Rights group: 757 civilians killed in Syria (AP)
AP – Millions of Egyptians voted freely on Saturday for the first time in more than half a century, joyfully waiting for hours to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional changes eliminating much-hated restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.

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Egypt votes freely for first time in half-century (AP)
AP – It was the people who forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, but it is the generals who are in charge now. Egypt’s 18-day uprising produced a military coup that crept into being over many days — its seeds planted early in the crisis by Mubarak himself.

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Analysis: Military coup was behind Mubarak’s exit (AP)