>Egyptian police have detained hundreds of members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood before the final round of the parliamentary poll, the group says. A spokesman for the banned Islamist group

An Egyptian was shot dead Thursday in the latest round of parliamentary polling which was marred by violent incidents and attempts by security forces to prevent opposition supporters from voting.

Irked by the defeat it has suffered at the hand of the Muslim Brotherhood in the parliamentary polls, the government toke repressive measures to block further wins in the third

 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

Prison is like death Essam El-Erian, the 52-year-old Muslim Brotherhood leader arrested in May, was finally released on Sunday evening. Speaking to Al-Ahram Weekly the morning after his release El-Erian