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URGENT ¥¥¥ Egypt's ElBaradei calls for election boycott

Top Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei called on Saturday for a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, but other leaders of his National Salvation Front said they had yet to agree on that. "Called for parliamentary election boycott in 2010 to expose sham democracy. Today I repeat my call, will not be part of an act of deception," the Nobel Laureate wrote on his Twitter account. se/al

Egypt's ElBaradei calls for election boycott

CAIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Egyptian liberal opposition politician Mohamed ElBaradei called on Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections which are due to start in April. ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, noted that he had called in 2010 for a similar boycott of polls held under president Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted the following year. "Today I repeat my call, (I) will not be part of an act of deception," ElBaradei said on his Twitter account. (Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz; editing by David Stamp)
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