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Purveyor

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Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:46 PM Jan 2012

Former US President Carter 'Pleased' With Egypt Polls

AFP - Former US president Jimmy Carter gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to Egypt's parliamentary elections, saying the people's will was "expressed accurately."

"We have been very pleased," Carter told reporters during a tour of a polling station at the Rod al-Farag girls' secondary school in a working class district of the Egyptian capital

He said the election -- a three-staged process launched in November to choose the first parliament since mass protests forced former president Hosni Mubarak to quit -- had been peaceful despite "some problems."

"But in general the will of the people has been expressed accurately," he said on the eve of the end of the polls.

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http://www.france24.com/en/20120110-carter-pleased-with-egypt-polls

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Former US President Carter 'Pleased' With Egypt Polls (Original Post) Purveyor Jan 2012 OP
Jimmy carter is the man mdmc Jan 2012 #1
Yep, he is an honest human being and there aren't to many that can be said of. n/t teddy51 Jan 2012 #2
Fox "news" will spin this as "Carter supports Islamists". Odin2005 Jan 2012 #3
Some on this very forum may very well proclaim the same. eom Purveyor Jan 2012 #4
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