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                Ex-Mubarak Official Cleared for Presidential Run

   by VOA News

   Tempers are flaring in Cairo, where the country's constitutional court
   has cleared former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to contest this
   weekend's presidential run-off election.
   Crowds gathered outside the courthouse chanting, demanding the "fall of
   military regime."
   ''Shafiq placed second to the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohamed
   Morsi, in the first round of voting in late May.  But many people
   aligned with the Islamist group had argued that Shafiq's ties to former
   president Hosni Mubarak should preclude him from running.
   The ruling now sets the stage for the runoff election between Morsi and
   Shafiq, set for Saturday and Sunday.
   Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was deliberating over a law passed
   by the country's parliament in April that denied political rights to
   many of those who held senior posts in the government or ruling party
   under Mubarak.
   The court did rule in favor of part of the law, disqualifying one-third
   of lawmakers from parliament.
   Photos from the Protest in Cairo
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   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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