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Low turnout, vote rigging mar contentious local council elections


Daily News Egypt "CAIRO: Egyptians Tuesday went to the polls a day after violent clashes in the Delta town of Mahalla between security bodies and protestors demonstrating against rising food prices.
Rights groups reported an extremely low turnout for the local council elections, one group estimating that only about two percent of those eligible to vote did so."

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