Egypt goes to the polls to elect a new president

Egyptians will go to the polls on Wednesday to pick a president from 12 candidates vying to replace deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

The top candidates are: Ahmed Shafiq, a former commander of the air force, Amr Moussa, who has served as foreign minister and head of the Arab League, Mohammed Mursi, who heads Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, and Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, an independent Islamist candidate.

None of the candidates is expected to secure more than half the votes to win outright, and there will likely be a run-off between the top two vote-getters in June.

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