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Bin Laden was Che Guevara fan, wife tells Pakistani interrogator (10)
Reuters | 1 hour ago
File photo from April 26, 2012 shows Pakistani police commandos guarding a
house where the family of Osama bin Laden were detained, in Islamabad.-
Photo by AP
ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and
gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was
killed in a US raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who
questioned them said.
Second day of voting begins in Egypt (14)
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 11:53 AM
Egyptians are voting on the second day of a landmark presidential election
that will produce a successor to long-time authoritarian ruler Hosni
Mubarak.
Voters lined up outside some polling centres, but the morning turnout was
generally weaker than the previous day's, when lines formed outside polling
centres more than an hour before they opened.
Small Muslim Brotherhood lead in early Egypt vote (7)
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Brotherhood claims Egypt poll lead
The Muslim Brotherhood claimed an early lead as vote counting began in
Egypt's first free presidential election.
PARTIAL results from Egypt's first genuinely competitive presidential
elections announced today showed the candidate of the powerful Muslim
Brotherhood leading narrowly in the five-way race.
This is likely to bring Mohammed Morsi to run-off elections scheduled for
'Egypt polls a milestone in transition to democracy' (8)
Washington: The conclusion of historic two days of voting in the first
round of the Presidential Election marks "another important milestone" in
transition to Egyptian democracy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has
said.
"We look forward to working with Egypt's democratically-elected
government," Hillary said in a statement.
"We will continue to stand with the Egyptian people as they work to seize
UN commends presidential elections in Egypt (4)
New York, May 25(Petra)-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended
Egypt for holding presidential elections in what he described as a "calm
and positive" atmosphere.
"These historic elections, in which Egyptians will freely choose their
President from amongst numerous candidates, are an important milestone in
Egypt's democratic transition,'' the UN Chief said.
The Secretary-General commended the Egyptian authorities for their
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