An Islamist candidate and a Hosni Mubarak-era politician will contest a presidential run-off in June, Egypt’s election commission has confirmed.

Former US President Jimmy Carter, who led a delegation of election observers, said in spite of some violations the polls had been “encouraging”.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18240294

Interesting to see former US President involved directly in election observation, makes you wounder, has the Arab Spring become an American spring? replacing corrupt regimes with new faces?

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