Counting under way in Egyptian referendum
- Published: 15 Dec 2012 at 20.46
- Online news: World
Counting was under way early Sunday after a first-round referendum on a divisive new constitution pushed through by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist allies despite weeks of opposition protests.
An Egyptian woman walks past a wall stained with ink by voters who tried to clean their marked fingers at a polling station in the historical City of the Dead district in Cairo, on December 15, 2012. Counting was under way early Sunday after a first-round referendum on a divisive new constitution pushed through by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist allies despite weeks of opposition protests
Polling stations in half the country, including the biggest cities of Cairo and Alexandria, were tallying the results from Saturday's voting.
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