Harsh run-offs…, election in Egypt phase 1











Harsh run-offs…
Violence and fraud mar parliamentary run-offs, including: 17 wounded in election day scuffles in Beni Suef; a woman shot and injured outside a polling station in a working-class area in Cairo; and the burning of a ruling party office in a lower income Cairo district…


Here are different versions of a messy Tuesday vote from AFP, AP, BBC and Reuters


 


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BREAKING NEWS ON ZAHMA.COM….
US Copts deny involvement in controversial conference…


 


DOMESTIC POLITICS
VOA looks at young people’s participation in politics…


Latest election news
Polls open in runoff elections to decide 133 seats in Egypt’s parliament…


CS Monitor looks at the attack on a Jazeera journalist and other violations against the press during the heady election season… Several violations were observed during the first phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the vice president of the European Union Parliament, Edward McMillan-Scott, said.


The Nov. 9 results in the electoral districts of Waily, Boulak el-Dakrour and Manshiat al-Qanater were invalid and the polls should be repeated, the court ruled…


Post editorial takes Mubarak to task for not keeping promises, says US should nurture pro democracy movement and not regime…Most NDP stalwarts retained their seats… 


80% of seats go to run-off CS monitor says turnout was low but elections were relatively cleanAyman Nour loses his seat and other early results… More from AP…


Police arrested seven taking part in a Muslim Brotherhood protest on Friday against what the Islamist opposition group says were rigged elections…


“The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies monitored state controlled media during the election campaign. The result surprised even the monitors: Broadcasters and newspapers dedicated between 58 and 95 percent of their election coverage to the ruling National Democratic Party…


Workers doubtful of election jobs pledges…Reuters looks at a few Gamal scenarios


Judges report on presidential elections comes out…


The first round is over: AP and AFP look at the interesting mix of more monitors, more campaigning and some scattered violence…Mubarak’s party expected to win, says Reuters.. which also reports that judges doubt turnout figures, which initial reports said were better than expected… Meanwhile, here’s a Yahoo slideshow of election day scenes