Egypt Candidates Seek New Support

Sun, 05/27/2012 - 04:12 EDT - WSJ Europe

The two remaining candidates in Egypt's presidential election are appealing for support from voters who rejected them as polarizing extremists in the first round, even as the third-placed candidate contested the preliminary results.

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