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Cairo voters returning to polls for runoff

 Egyptian voters will return to the polls for runoff parliamentary elections in most parts of Cairo today amid accusations of widespread fraud in the first round last Wednesday.     About

Most seats undecided in Egypt’s parliamentary elections

  Most of the 164 seats up for grab in the first phase of Egypt’s three-stage legislative elections were undecided after the first round of voting, sending large numbers of

MB, the Dark Horse of 2005 Parliamentary Election

 The Moslem Brotherhood becomes the ’dark horse’ in the Egyptian elections, though it is considered by the government as ’a banned political movement’, after being deprived from the legal recognition

Unexpected results?

There may be more run-offs than clear finishes once yesterday’s votes are tallied. Gamal Essam El-Din surveys the scene  The first stage of parliamentary elections began in eight governorates yesterday:

When less is more

Local monitors said the first round of parliamentary polls was calm and with less fraud than usual. Gihan Shahine wonders what this means  An administrative court ruling allowing local supervision

the Muslim Brotherhood Abandons 30 Election Districts

In an unexpected decision that will flame the Egyptian parliamentary election, Dr. Muhammad Habeeb, the first vice of the Supreme Guide of the banned Moslem Brotherhood, uncovered that the movement