CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood’s party declared on Monday that its candidate Mohamed Morsy had won Egypt’s first free presidential election, beating Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister Ahmed Shafik and ending a tradition of rule by presidents plucked from the military. The official website of Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party announced in a brief message that its candidate was the “first popularly elected Egyptian president.” The group had been giving a running total that indicated Morsy had maintain a lead through the night since polls closed on Sunday evening. …
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