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Submitted by maithuy on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 15:28
Egyptians have completed the first round of voting in the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign last February.

The country's interim military leaders hailed round one as a success and said voter turnout was high. No major problems were reported.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Egyptians for what he called their enthusiastic participation at the ballot box. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner called the voting peaceful and a success.

Voters cast ballots for the lower house of parliament on November 28-29 in Cairo, Alexandria, and seven other provinces. The rest of the country will vote later and the entire election, including runoffs and choosing the upper house, will not be over until March.

Nine days of clashes between protesters and police leading up to the elections killed 42 people and left more than 3,000 injured.  

The historic elections will determine whether Egypt moves down a more Islamic path after nearly 60 years as an authoritarian secular state essentially run by the military.

VOA/VOV

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