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International News | May 24, 2012

This is News - May 24, 2012

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Presidential elections continue in Egypt today, and a public school exempts a Christian group from the non-discrimination policy

Female Egyptian voters cast their votes during the second day of presidential elections in the Mataraya neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)

Elections continue in Egypt today for the country's first ever presidential election. Voters are enthusiastic about the opportunity, but among minority Christians there is concern voters will hand Islamists the reins, meaning even more oppression. In the U.S., a public university agrees to recognize a pro-abstinence, anti-abortion Christian group as religious, allowing the group to choose its leaders based on shared beliefs.