Egypt Islamists try to hold lead in poll
By Shaimaa Fayed | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-15 08:05
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An Egyptian man shows his ink-stained finger after he voted at a polling station in Giza, southwest of Cairo, on Wednesday, during the second stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections. Some 18.8 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots in this round of the first legislative polls since an uprising ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-rule in February. Mohammed Abed / Agence France-Presse |
CAIRO - Egypt's rival Islamist groups sought more gains in the second round of a parliamentary election on Wednesday, with liberals also fighting for a voice in an army-led transition that began with the down of Hosni Mubarak.
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