Despite the positive outlook, the Egyptian capital of Cairo isn't a placid city two years after the revolution (arguably it never was).

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Secular in this conservative and religious society isn't quite secular, even in Cairo's trendy salons and nightclubs.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who led a delegation observing the voting, told reporters in Cairo he couldn't say "the entire process has been proper" because of some restraints on observers.

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