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| Riots Follow 'New Democracy' in Egypt |
| 2012-05-29 |
| Still trying to work out this democracy thingimijig Scenes of last year's anti-Mubarak uprising return to Cairo. Thousands rioted, some of them torching the HQ of a presidential candidate. Scenes of last year's anti-Mubarak uprising returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square Monday as thousands rioted, some of them torching the headquarters of presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafik. No deaths were reported and there were few injuries, in sharp contrast to last year's demonstrations in which Mubarak's security forces shot protesters on the spot. Shafik and Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi emerged as the winners in the first round of voting, the first time Egyptians have been able to vote in a presidential election that was not rigged. However, the presence of Shafik as one of the two final contenders set off a violent response, with rioters yelling in Tahrir Square, "Where is the revolution?" while others ransacked Shafik's campaign headquarters and set |
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