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Egypt sees Arab world's first presidential debate

May 11, 2012

Two election front-runners, a former foreign minister and a moderate Islamist, squared off Thursday in the Arab world's first ever presidential debate, trading barbs over the role of religion and how to bring democratic reform to Egypt. full story

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