Muslim Brotherhood candidate has slim lead.

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Egyptian Election Goes to Runoff

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi and old regime figure Ahmed Shafiq will contest June’s Egypt presidential run-off, state media confirm.

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Polarised Egypt result confirmed

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubarak’s last PM to “save” the uprising.

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Key Egypt candidate seeks allies

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate appeared likely to face off against either a former prime minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak or a leftist contender whose popularity surged at the end of the race, according to predictions Friday by political parties based on preliminary results in Egypt’s first free presidential election. Read full article > >

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Islamist candidate likely to face runoff in Egyptian presidential vote

CAIRO — Under a blistering sun, Egyptians flocked to polling stations around the country Wednesday morning to elect a new president, launching the country’s most consequential vote in modern history . “It’s the most beautiful day, Egyptians are voting,” said Haitham Abd el Zaher, 37, who brought his son Yousef, 10, to the polling station in the Agouza district of Cairo so the child could watch history unfold. “I want to show him the joy Egypt is experiencing.” Read full article > >

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Egyptians vote in historic presidential election with muted optimism

Muslim Brotherhood calls for “second revolution.”

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Thousands Protest Egypt’s Military Rule

CAIRO — As Egypt’s ruling generals near the end of their formal reign, the country’s main Islamist party is asserting increasing authority over the political system and openly confronting the powerful military. Read full article > >

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Muslim Brotherhood asserts its strength in Egypt with challenges to military

The Muslim Brotherhood is overhauling its relations with the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, in an effort to put new pressure on Israel for an independent Palestinian state.

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Egypt’s Election Victors Seek Shift by Hamas to Press Israel

CAIRO — Egypt’s newly elected upper legislative chamber chose a member of the country’s most powerful Islamist group to lead it Tuesday, extending the control of parliament by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing. Read full article > >

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Muslim Brotherhood’s political party consolidates power in Egypt parliament

CAIRO — Egypt is on the brink of political and economic collapse and the West has an obligation to sustain the country with financial aid and diplomatic support, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official has warned. Read full article > >

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Muslim Brotherhood official says West is neglecting Egypt

CAIRO — Liberals and Islamists in Egypt announced a temporary agreement Monday on a power-sharing plan that would install a Muslim Brotherhood leader as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament. Read full article > >

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Egypt’s next parliament will be led by Islamist

CAIRO — Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful political force, say they want to offer the country’s ruling generals immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes committed since they took power in February, an attempt to ensure that the military returns to its barracks and allows a peaceful transition to democratic rule. Read full article > >

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Brotherhood floats immunity for generals in post-Mubarak Egypt

A leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party said it had decided to support keeping the military-appointed cabinet and prime minister in place for six months.

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Muslim Brotherhood Backs Egyptian Military’s Transition Date

With the Muslim Brotherhood in reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s parliament, the Obama administration has begun to shift from decades of hostility toward it.

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U.S. Reverses Policy in Reaching Out to Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood says its political party has won a majority of run-off contests in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary election.

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Egypt Brotherhood ‘wins run-offs’