EGYPT: Their first president since last year's ousting of long-time ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak

Record ID: 327771

  • Title: EGYPT: Their first president since last year's ousting of long-time ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak
  • Date: 24th May 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 23, 2012) REUTERS) WIDE OF SCHOOL BEING USED AS A POLLING STATION SIGN READING: 'FATMA ANAN SCHOOL' VARIOUS OF EGYPTIANS WAITING FOR POLLING STATION TO OPEN VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN AT SCHOOL GATE WITH RESIDENTS AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AHMED ABDELHAMEED SAYING: "All the different people are standing together, the committees have separate lines and God willing all is going to go well." SIGN READING: FATMA ANAN SCHOOL' (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AHEMED AZZAM SAYING: "I am here to elect, for the first time, a President of the Republic. A president that will be good and righteous and to make this country wake up" MORE OF EGYPTIAN VOTERS STANDING IN LINE GROUND SHOT SHOWING QUEUE
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7PWDM93ATMB6YN8THCVCG6HBT
  • Story Text: Egyptians gathered at polling station at the Fatma Anan school in Cairo on Wednesday (May 23) to vote for the first time in elections that are competitive, free and democratic.
    "All the different people are standing together, the committees have separate lines and God willing all is going to go well," said Ahmed AbedelHameed from Cairo.
    Some 50 million Egyptians registered to vote for a President of the Republic in the most populous Arab country that ousted Hosni Mubarak after he held that office for 30 years.
    "I am here to elect, for the first time, a President of the Republic. A president that will be good and righteous and to make this country wake up," said Ahmed Azzam from also Cairo.
    Any of the some dozen candidates who are running for president have a fair chance of winning the votes of the people and becoming the next president of Egypt.
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