Egypt to announce presidential poll result Sunday

Egypt to announce presidential poll result Sunday

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Egypt's electoral commission will announce the results of a presidential poll pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi against ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday, it said today.
 
"Faruk Sultan, the head of the presidential election commission, will announce the results of the presidential election run-off on Sunday at 3:00pm (1300 GMT)," the commission's secretary general, Hatem Bagato, said in a statement.
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