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Egypt's election commission disqualified 10 presidential hopefuls, including Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief and key Islamists, from running April 14 in a surprise decision that threatened to upend an already tumultuous race.

Farouk Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Election Commission, said that those barred from the race included Mubarak-era strongman Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood chief strategist Khairat el-Shater and hard-line lawyer-turned-preacher Hazem Abu Ismail.

The announcement came as a shock to many Egyptians as three of the 10 excluded were considered among the front-runners in a highly polarized race that has left the country divided into two strong camps: Islamists and former insiders from the ousted regime. (AP)

エジプト大統領選、10候補が失格

今年５月に予定されているエジプト大統領選に立候補していた23人の候補者のうち、スレイマン前副大統領ら10人の失格が確定した。

Shukan ST: APRIL 27, 2012

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