Muslim Brotherhood cements its leadership of Egyptian opposition  By Michael Slackman    CAIRO The Muslim Brotherhood, an organization outlawed in Egypt, has demonstrated in recent parliamentary elections that it is by

Egypt police battle young who say they want to vote    Egyptian riot police fought running battles in an Alexandria slum on Saturday with young men who said that security

Turmoil Grips Runoff Voting in Egypt BEHEIRA, Egypt  Egyptian police barricaded polls and   arrested hundreds of supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement Saturday, while armed backers of Islamist and

Egypt’s ties with Israel bolster Islamist campaign   In Egypt’s textile heartland, popular support for the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in the parliamentary election has also fed off anti-Israeli sentiment since the government

- The leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday credited public mistrust, frustration and anger with President Hosni Mubarak’s regime for his group’s fivefold increase in parliamentary seats with

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In Kafr el-Sheikh governorate, fraud preparations are doing for the third round of the ongoing parliamentary polls, on December 1, . A security officer, in el-Sampawan constituency, held a meeting

Judges are Banned from Making Press Releases The Egyptian Justice Minister, Mahmmud Abu el-Lail, who is also the president of the General Election Commission, issued a ministerial decree on Nov

 2nd PRESS STATEMENTINDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING MONITORING THE RUN-OFF OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION ELECTORAL PROCESS FURTHER DEGRADED BY PLANNED VIOLENCE, SECURITY FORCES BIAS AND MASSIVE

Police Lead Intimidation  CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian security agents directed machete and club wielding gangs in attacks against voters and supporters of opposition candidates in the second round of the