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Egypt election offers youth and soccer fans second chance

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James M. Dorsey
May 27, 2012
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By James M. Dorsey

The Arab world’s first free and fair presidential elections pose a dilemma and a wake-up call for militant Egyptian soccer fans and revolutionary youth groups as the two surviving candidates seek to win their votes in a run-off next month in which a majority of the votes are up for grabs.

To many analysts, the results of the first round…

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