When King Abdullah disbanded Parliament, his new Prime Minister Samir Rifa'i had made battling corruption a top priority, though there was skepticism given that he had himself been reportedly forced

MB MP and NDP MP traded insults over strikes in Tanta's Flax company which has continued for over three weeks.

Parliamen witnessed altercations among NDP over a draft law aimed at regulating human organ transplants.

Muslim Brotherhood MP Hussein Ibrahim had earlier proposed the amendment of Article 126 of the Egyptian Penal Code, which slaps "anyone found torturing a suspect" with between three and ten

Sheik Mohamed Abdul Khaleq Shabrawy said that the Brotherhood has enjoyed “much popularity” in the Egyptian street and abroad and “are respected by all political movements and trends.

Thirteen senior members of the Islamist opposition movement in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, have been detained.

NDP MP Mohamed Khaleel Qoweta also disapproved the drafted law saying that Article 12 will turn the Egyptian people into "human spare parts", pointing out that it also violates the

ongratulations in being the Eighth General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, but you can’t leave the country. Muhammad Badi‘,

The General Assembly of the Fatwa and Legislation in the State Council announced that it will decide on January 20, 2010 the legitimacy of Dr. Ibrahim Soliman's presidency,

The members of the Manpower Committee in the Parliament launched a severe attack on the privatization system stressing that it permitted the "big fish" to benefit from the purchase of