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Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi gives a speech at the Koerber foundation for social challenge in Berlin January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Egypt\'s Mursi to call elections for April: source
Egypt's Mursi to call elections for April: source
Posted : Thursday, 21 February 2013 01:25PM

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will call parliamentary elections starting in April, a presidential source told Reuters on Thursday, adding that the vote would be held in three or four stages.

"The president will issue a decree soon, it could be tonight, calling for elections to start in April," the source told Reuters.

(Reporting by Yasmine Saleh; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by David Stamp)

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