Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, was announced on Sunday as the winner of Egypt’s first free presidential elections. Morsi defeated former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik in a close contest by a vote of 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent. Morsi now faces the difficult task of trying to lead a troubled nation facing a deepening economic crisis and bitter political disputes over the future structure of the Egyptian government, the role of Islam in…
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