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Egyptians vote on constitutional changes

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It has been five weeks since a mass protest movement managed to unseat President Mubarak. Egyptians are being asked to vote in a referendum today on nine amendments to the old constitution. It is being billed by the interim government as the first free vote in Egypt's history. But are those who led the uprising against Mr. Mubarak happy with the choices in front of them? Not all of them. Our correspondent Jonathan Head reports from Cairo.


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