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The Curtain Rises on a Growing Rift in Egypt
By Ashraf Khalil, Times Staff Writer

Mina is in crisis and Ahmed offers a helping hand, with a hidden agenda.

A moody young college student, Mina hates his family’s humble means, his father’s inability to buy him new clothes. How will he ever be able to save enough to get married?

 
His priest is no help, ..

The Strong Return of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

A Judicial Report Confirms Serious Breaches in the Run-Off of the Stage 2 Parliamentary Election

 by Yasser Hadi
The first report published by the Egyptian Society for Enhancement of Social Participation on the run-off of the second stage of the Parliamentary Elections confirms that voters were prevented en-masses from casting their votes by police officers. The report refers to..

The beating up of the judges and children were seriously injured by police firing rubber bullets
In a very serious and unprecedented incident of its kind, the police forces have assaulted and beaten up the both of Chancellor Mohamed Shareef Taher, the president of the Court of Appeal and a deputy president to the Electoral Committee and Chancellor Shadi Al-Mahdi, the Deputy to the Attorney G..

The Security Intelligence Police-Mabaheth- Have Carried an Assult on a Nursery

In Etai Al-Barood Constituency an unspeakable crime and an utterly deplorable human right violation incident took place this morning when both of Hesham Mohammed Abdol-Haleam Al-Serafi accompanied by his brother Hosam Mohammed Abdol Haleam Al-Serafi, an Intelligence Police-Mabaheth- officer in Sharm Al-Sh..

El-Fayoum: Tear Gas Used to Curb Voters

 
Although supervisor judges of Sanors constituency, of el-Fayoum, threatened to suspend voting, if police did not resume its neutrality, 100 supporters of the Moslem Brotherhood were arrested. Police, in addition, closed polling centers of El-Rady School. News agency reporters as well as the supreme monitor judge were not allowed to enter ..

Election News Coverage

 
Al Dekhiylah Constituency:
The police have arrested 8 MB members in front of the Orobah School in Al-Wardiyan while they were trying to reach to the polling station to cast their votes.
The police are tightening their cordons around all polling station to prevent electorates from casting their votes.
 
Ghorbaal Constituency:
A Travell..

19 Egyptians arrested for riot plot in parliamentary elections 

   CAIRO, Nov. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Egyptian police have arrested 19 people for allegedly planning to disrupt Saturday’s run-offs of the second phase of parliamentary elections, the official MENA news agency reported Friday.

   "Nineteen persons have been arrested, 15 in (the Mediterranean..

Egyptian police detain 50 members of ’Muslim Brotherhood’ on eve of run-off polls

Police detain about 50 members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on eve of run-off polls

Eds: RECASTS and UPDATES throughout with arrest toll rising to about 50; CHANGES overline

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Police have detained at least 50 members of Egypt’s largest Islamist mo..

41 Brotherhood Nominees Participate in Today’s Run-off
 
The second stage’s run-off kicks off today in nine governorates. Forty one of The Moslem Brotherhood’s candidates contest for today’s run-offs; 10 in el-Garbiya, 8 in el-Bihara, 8 in el-Qalubiya, 5 in el-Fayoum, 4 in Axle, 2 both in Suez and Port Said, one in each Ismailia and Qina.
 
The second round of the ongoing..

Alex: Coercive Measures Ahead of Run-off

 
On the run-off-polling day, the riot police besiege the polling stations in el-Dekhala, el-Werdan, el-Max constituencies, of Alex.
 
In addition, seven supporters of the Moslem Brotherhood, were standing before a polling center, are taken into custody.
 
In Abu Safe, the backers of the National Democratic Party att..

So far 625 Detainees of the MB

 
Ahead of and during today’s run-offs of the ongoing parliamentary polls, police detained 625 of the Moslem Brotherhood in seven governorates; some are supporters while others are its candidates’ representatives. The number of arrests is expected to mount. It is an action that is designed to curtail the Brotherhood’s major success, which ..

El-Fayoum Witnesses Tough Measures
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On the polling day of today’s run-offs, the police closed the polling centers of Bandar Saors and el-Kaby cities of el-Fayoum governorate at 8 am. In addition, policemen arrest the electorate who want to cast votes.
 
Furthermore, polling stations of the governorate witness heavy presence of armored vehicles and ..

Port Said: Police Terrorize Voters

 
On the polling day of today’s run-offs, all the Moslem Brotherhood’s propagandists in polling centers no. 1, 2, 3, of Port Said, are arrested, at 8am.
 
Riot police seal off the polling stations of the home town of the Brotherhood’s candidate in el-Arab constituency, Akram el-Shar
 
When el-Shar informed a supervisor jud..

El-Qalubiya: thuggery dominates run-offs
Today’s run-offs in el-Qalubiya are fraught with thuggery and irregularities.
 
In Tokh, Shbeen el-Kantar, and Kafr Shokr constituencies, riot police enclose the streets leading to polling centers so voters are disable to give votes.
 
Thugs hired by the National Democratic Party clash with the supporters of the Moslem Brotherh..

El-Bihara: Follow-up to Run-offs

 
The police mar the run-off in el-Bihara governorate amidst helplessness of the supervisory judges to halt irregularities. For example, police enclose 15 polling centers in Kafr el-Dawar constituency, in addition; some electoral monitors of human right organizations are taken into custody.
 
In el-Mahmudia electoral district, police se..

Contraventions are Prevailing in Qina

By Monir Adeeb
 
Today’s run-offs in Qina governorate are rife with contraventions. 
The supporters of the Moslem Brotherhood are taken into custody. Electorate is prevented from casting votes.
 
The polling stations witness a heavy presence of police, in order to intimidate voters.
 
Dozens of polling cent..

The Latest Developments in Alex

 
In the light of violence and thuggery hit Garbel constituency, the president of the Judge Union ordered the supervisory judge of Ahmed Badawy polling station to suspend voting and to leave the polling center.
 
This decision is made after detecting the infringements committed in the polling stations of Garbel, where police hinder the ..

News Coverage of Stage 2 run-off of the Egyptian Parliamentary Election
Alexandria at 13:30 pm
Al Dekhelah Constituency:
A press conference staged by Dr Tawakol Mas’ood, the MB candidate and was attended by a large number of the media, press and news agency correspondents, has just ended.
There are currently more than 3000 of the MB supporters and local residents gathering in front..