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U.S. urges new Egyptian government to be ‘pillar of peace’

WASHINGTON — The United States congratulated the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi on his election as Egypt’s new president and urged his government to fulfill its role as a “pillar of regional peace.” After a bitterly divisive election that pitted Morsi against Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq, the White House called on…