Egypt's election authorities said the announcement of the winner of the presidential election will be delayed but gave no new date.

The Supreme Elections Commission said tonight that results will not be announced tomorrow as scheduled because it is looking into complaints presented by rival candidates.

A panel of judges has to look into some 400 complaints over voting submitted by both Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's former prime minister, and the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohammed Morsi.

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