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The race for the top job in Egypt is brightening the stagnant political scene, in a country that hasn’t yet embarked on the road to real change. The Muslim Brotherhood, thirsty for power after more than eight decades of its inception, decided to field a presidential candidate, reneging on a previous promise not to seek the top job. They put forward powerful businessman Khairat Al Shater. Activists were furious, only to be shocked by the announcement that Hosni Mubarak’s spy chief and former vice-president General Omar Sulaiman was also entering the presidential race.