Egypt to hold May 26-27 presidential election

[World News]

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Egypt announced a presidential election for May 26-27, a poll likely to be swept by the retired army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who deposed the Islamist president in July. Sisi is expected to win the vote riding on a wave of popularity for having removed the divisive president Mohamed Morsi after mass protests demanding his resignation. The only other main candidate is leftwing politician Hamdeen Sabbahi, who came third in the 2012 election that Morsi won. Egypt has been rocked by often violent protests and a spate of militant attacks which have killed almost 500 people, mostly policemen and soldiers, the government says.

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