CRI英语听力2012年05月合辑（文本）：EGYPT-PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION.doc

1、Voters have streamed to polling stations across Egypt to freely choose a president for the first time after ousting former president Hosni Mubarak 15 months ago.Around fifty million people are eligible to vote.Reports say huge queues of people have been forming outside polling stations.Among the 13

2、candidates, the top four hopefuls include the former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, former head of the Arab League Amr Moussa, the Muslim Brotherhoods Freedom and Justice Party head Mohammed Mursi, and the independent Islamist candidate Aboul Fotouh.Meanwhile, activists gathered in Tahrir Square in Ca

3、iro to question the elections, claiming that they were being held under the auspices of the military regime.Should no outright winner emerge - as seems very likely - a runoff between the two candidates with most support will be held on June 16th.Well. for more on this, we are now joined on the line with Ben Leung, our special correspondent in Cairo.