Egypt disqualifies 11th presidential candidate
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Egypt's election commission on Tuesday disqualified an ex-premier from running for president because of a law that bans senior officials from the deposed Hosni Mubarak regime from running for office.
The latest candidate to fall was Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's prime minister during the 18-day uprising. His disqualification quickly followed approval by Egypt's military rulers of a law passed by the Islamist-dominated parliament, banning senior Mubarak-era officials who served in the past 10 years from running for office. (AP)
