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Vote counting gets underway in Egypt

AFP

Vote counting was underway in Egypt after two days of polling ended Thursday in a landmark presidential election which pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Just hours after polling stations closed at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT), the powerful Muslim Brotherhood…