Egypt starts voting in run-off presidential vote
Soldiers stand guard as voters wait outside a polling station at a school in Cairo. — Reuters picCAIRO, June 16 — Egyptians began voting today in a run-off presidential election that offers them a stark choice between a conservative Islamist and a former top military officer who was the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
It is a novelty for ordinary Egyptians, who are choosing their leader for the first time in a history that stretches back to the pharaohs. Polling stations opened to 50 million eligible voters for the first of two days of voting at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT), television reported. They close at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT). — Reuters
