Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift

Source:
AP
Date of source:
1 Jun 2013
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CAIRO (AP) — When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had always been for 30 years. Few candidates were known outside their families, parties or neighborhoods. Only seven percent of the electorate bothered to cast a ballot.

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