Egyptians are voting in the country's first free presidential elections, 15 months after Hosni Murbarak's stranglehold on the country was dissolved during the Arab Spring.
Some 150,000 soldiers were deployed around the country on Wednesday to allow the ruling military council to deliver on their promise of a fair vote.
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