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Acts of detention amid Egyptian elections

The third phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections will be carried out in nine Egyptian governorates which are al-Diqlheyah, al-Sharqeyah, Suhaj, the Red Sea, south and north of Sinai, Aswan, Kafer al-Sheikh and Dumiat.

The secretary general of the ruling national party in Egypt, Safwat al-Sharif, said that the party included in..

egypt: Islamists ‘on track for major gains’ 
Egypt’s Islamists claimed further gains last week in the latest round of parliamentary elections, maintaining their record-breaking first phase momentum despite widespread voter intimidation and violence.  
 
  Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Issam Aryan said his movement had won at least 13 seats in the second phase..

In Egypt, a Vote More for Change Than Faith

 Nov. 28 - When the Muslim Brotherhood says, "Islam is the Solution," Osama Imam hopes they are talking about unemployment.

Muhammad Lotfi hopes they are talking about getting fresh running water into his home.

Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times
Ahmed Abdo Shabun of the Muslim Brotherhood was congratulated ye..

Egyptian police hold 1,610 Islamists - Brotherhood
 

Egyptian police have detained 1,610 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the two days before the last stage of voting in parliamentary elections, a Brotherhood spokesman said on Wednesday.

Most of the detentions were in provinces which will vote on Thursday, said spokesman Mohamed Osama. A statement on the arrest of 71..

Egypt vote violence troubles US 
 
Rival political groups have attacked each other with knives and clubs
The United States has expressed concern over reports that Egypt’s parliamentary elections have been marred by violence and intimidation.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said reports were "sources of real concern" and the US had spoken to the Egyptian author..

State Dept. Daily Press Briefing November 28 2005
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 12:59 pm
Press Release: US State Department 

Daily Press Briefing
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 28, 2005
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Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Zoellick Upcoming Travel to
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Secretary Rice’s Visit to Germany /Meetings and..

Egypt Islamists keep analysts guessing over ambitions

 
How Muslim Brotherhood could ever take power in Arab world’s most populous country.

 
By Alain Navarro – CAIRO

Faced with the spectacular rise of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in the latest polls, analysts differ on how the Islamist group could ever take power in the Arab world’s most populous country...

The question has often been asked about how fast can you push a country into the path of democracy. And is it sometimes more prudent to take the slow lane in a country new to democracy?

Well, those are the very questions currently being pondered in Egypt. Americans have been pushing for democracy initiatives in Egypt for a while now, but the boomerang is coming back with unexpected..

The Brotherhood’s media offensive

November 30th, 2005 at 02:08am Issandr El Amrani

The pan-Arab, Saudi-owned newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat has published an o..

Egypt: Amnesty International concerned about mass arrests and violent attacks
As Egyptians go to the polls on 1 December in the final stage of parliamentary elections, Amnesty International expressed concern about mass arrests of opposition party supporters and activists and criticized the government for failing to ensure voters are free from violence, arbitrary arrests and intimidation.

Human Rights Center Demands Detained Brothers to be Released

By Muhammad el-Shreef
 
Egyptian Sawasya Center for Human Right appealed to the Justice Minister, who is the president of the Supreme Election Commission, to help setting the detained Muslim Brothers free. The center also urged political parties and operative powers to take up their responsibility pertaining to human..

Finally, Youssef Wally the late minister of agriculture who is known by “the chemist’, finally fall. The constituency of Abboshay in Fayoum in which the vice of the national party is having his repeat election witnessed conflicts between the head of the sub-committee and many of the chancellors who refused to let the supporters of Wally enter with the stolen ballet –box as their votes were forg..

It is just a few days and then the fight of the parliamentary election which occurred recently will be over with its good and bad consequences .naturally , thinkers and observers will tackle these consequences and categorize its results. Basically, politicians as well as the opposition parties will exert their efforts to examine its track and learn its lessons. It is useful to mention here a lo..

Egyptian Islamists blame America for poll abuses

  By Amil Khan
Young men prevented from voting in the slums of Egypt’s second city say U.S. support for their government has added to their mistrust of a country already deeply unpopular in the Arab world.

The United States, criticised by Arabs for invading Iraq and supporting Israel, says it favours greater democracy and ..

US Appeals for Free Elections in Egypt Following Arrests
By David Gollust
State Department
  Egyptian anti-riot soldiers block the route leading to a polling station, in Damanhur, 140 kilometers (85 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt
The United States is urging Egyptian authorities not to impede participation in Thursday’s parliamentary elections. The appeal followed reports that ..

Egypt elections enter final round

Voting was light and the atmosphere peaceful when polls opened in this Nile Delta city Thursday for the third round of Egypt’s legislative elections, which have been marred by violence and serious allegations of rigging.

In the first minutes, only a handful of voters entered the adjacent schools turned into polling stations -- one for men, one f..

Final phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections kicks off
 
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The third and final phase of Egypt’s three-stage parliamentary elections kicked off early Thursday across 68 constituencies in nine governorates, the official MENA news agency reported.

   Some 10.6 million eligible voters are to choose 136 mem..

Muslim Brotherhood Shows Its Muscle
Adam Morrow

Confirming its longstanding reputation as Egypt’s strongest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood performed even better than expected in the latest round of parliamentary elections.

By the end of the second round of voting, the officially banned but tolerated group had secured some 18 percent of the seats in parliament, to ..

Egyptians Vote in Final Round of Legislative Polls

 
Turnout is expected to be higher in the final round.

 
Egyptian voters went to the polling stations Thursday, December 1, for a third and final phase of parliamentary elections, in which the ruling National Democratic Party seeks to secure a two-third majority of the overall seats and the Muslim Brotherhood hop..

The Perils Of "Democracy"

By Editorial Board
President Bush is obviously on the right track in his efforts to promote democratic elections around the world. As he says, democracies don`t make war against each other. But there have been glitches that have surfaced along the way, which suggest that some fine tuning in the push for democracy is needed.

Under pressure from the B..