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Secular parties fail to set Egyptian poll campaign alight

By Amil Khan

Party officials say the National Front, which includes most of the significant secular opposition forces, aims to take up to half of the seats in parliament, but analysts say it is more likely to gain 20 to 25 seats in total

EGYPT’S late President Gamal Abdel Nasser inspired millions of Arabs but the..

Egyptians vote in parliamentary elections

CAIRO: Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the first stage of legislative elections expected to make only minor inroads in the domination of parliament by President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). Some voters and witnesses reported skirmishes and electoral abuses in the first few hours after polls opened at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT), but o..

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MOSCOW: Palestinian group Hamas shrugged off a call on Sunday from Al Qaeda to keep up its fight against Israel, dismissing the appeal as an “opinion” of Ayman al-Zawahiri and saying it would only take decisions that were strictly in the interests of the ..