The results of Egypt's first round of presidential elections held late last week were greeted in some quarters with riots and arson. The outrage was the second-place finish of Ahmed Shafik, who has deep ties to the deposed Mubarak regime. Some expressed disgust that after seeing hundreds die in the January 2011 revolution and enduring the hardships of an unsettled year, the presidential runoff gave them a choice between a Muslim Brotherhood figure and a senior Mubarak aide.
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