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Egypt - May 21, 2012 - 22:26

Last modified: 21 May 2012 19:26

Campaigning in Egypt has finished ahead of the country's first presidential election since last year's revolution.

There's now a 48-hour political silence before voting begins on Wednesday and the new president will be announced by the end of June.

But, as Rawya Rageh reports from the town of Shubra El Kheima just north of Cairo, crime is rising and has become one of the main election issues.