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.

>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

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

>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.

 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

>Stage 2 of the Parliamentary Election coverage of Alexandria GovernorateAl-Raml Constituency: It was confirmed that 18 No taxis full of large crowd of people of the so called “Collective Electoral Vote

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:

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

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