Egyptians Back New Constitution

Egypt's election committee says more than 98 percent of voters have approved replacing the constitution made under former president Mohamed Morsi with a new, military-backed constitution, in the first vote since a military coup toppled the country's first-democratically elected president last July. Nabil Salib of Egypt's High Election Commission said Saturday nearly 39 percent of Egypt's 53 million eligible voters cast ballots in the two-day poll. Less than 250,000 ballots...

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