Muslim Brotherhood's candidate wins Egypt election
6/24/12 10:39 AM ET (MarketWatch)Print
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi has won the first democratic presidential election in Egypt, the Egyptian election commission announced Sunday. Morsi defeated former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq by about a million votes out of 26 million total votes cast. Morsi will be the Arab world's first Islamist head of state. Thousands erupted in celebration in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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