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Stunning Result, Egypt’s Banned Muslim Brotherhood Wins 29 More Seats in Violent Runoff Polls

>Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the leader of banned Muslim Brotherhood, talks Sunday, Nov.27, 2005, during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt.

Second phase of Egyptian polls sees higher turnout

>Turnout in the troubled first round of the second phase of Egypt’s month-long parliamentary elections stood at 28.6 percent, according to official results announced Wednesday.

Egypt Islamists arrested ahead of parliament vote

 Egyptian police arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood early on Friday, a day before another round of parliamentary elections, a spokesman for the banned but usually tolerated Islamist group

Competition heating up

Last Sunday’s first round of the second stage of parliamentary elections was marred by violence. Al-Ahram Weekly’ s staff report from some of the country’s most heated constituencies End of

Egypt’s Polls…State-owned Media Drops

While intimidation and wide-scale violence are making the headlines of Egypt’s hottest ever parliamentary elections, the state-owned media overage and performance in general reflected a deep state of chaos, "highly

Judges Request Army Protection for the Polls

Because of thuggery attacks on vote overseeing judges during the first and the second stages of the Egyptian parliamentary poll, the Egyptian Judges’ Club demanded the Supreme Election Commission to

Real dialogue” with the regime on political reform

The second round of Egypt’s legislative elections has consolidated the banned Muslim Brotherhood as the country’s main opposition force, a trend likely to raise the pressure for some form of

Egyptian Islamists continue gains

>Islamist supporters say many were stopped from voting Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood won more seats than the ruling party in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday. Independents standing

Muslim Brotherhood to Coordinate with Other Opposition Parties on Reform

The Muslim Brotherhood will not turn its back on other opposition parties in Egypt after its success at the polls, according to Dr. Issam al Aryan a prominent member. Speaking

Habib for Ikhwan Web: We Expected to Win 60-80 Seats

The Muslim Brotherhood achieved unprecedented gains in the ongoing Egyptian parliamentary election where it won 47 parliamentary seats and still have the chance to gain maybe more than the double