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In a country with almost no space for dissent, a tightly leashed media and a lamed opposition, Mr. el-Sisi’s victory is not a matter of great suspense.

“Looking at one of the fragments with a magnifying glass, I thought I saw a small, faded letter - a lamed, the Hebrew letter 'L',” said Professor Joan Taylor of King’s College London, in the statement.

Now, lamed by pain, he went hesitantly, and did not raise his face, the left side of which was white with scars.

Out on the verge he found Dandelion urging Haystack, who was lamed and spent.

With Mr Videgaray gone and Mr Peña lamed, the identity of the next president could be the only decision of consequence to be taken over the next two years.