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/ 10 January 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged the winner in parliamentary elections but the fundamentalist group is likely to be cautious about flexing muscle.
Egypt’s two main Islamist parties claim to have together taken 62% of the vote in the general election’s final stage, maintaining their overall lead.
Egyptian Islamist parties were leading liberals in the parliamentary election’s second round, according to an initial count a day after polls closed.
While Egypt’s secular activists were outflanked in the parliamentary elections by Islamists, they are ready for heavy battle with military leadership.
Islamist parties captured more than 60% of the vote in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, according to the latest partial results.
Egyptians desperate to stop cheats stitching up the country’s first free election in decades are lining up by the thousand, cameras at the ready.
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/ 25 November 2011
Amid a crackdown, Egyptian armed forces make concessions on the timing of elections.