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Egypt’s Brotherhood set for showdown
Ruling NDP likely to try and prevent further Islamist gains

CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is set for a showdown with the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) in Sunday’s second round of parliamentary elections after making strong gains in the first phase.

Observers warned on Thursday that President Hosni Mubarak’s NDP ..

Egyptian security forces have rounded up a number of Muslim Brotherhood members after briefly banning the Islamist party’s mouthpiece publication, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said Wednesday.

In another setback to Egypt’s reform drive, a court sentenced a female journalist to one year in jail for libeling a judge. The move drew condemnation from Egyptian rights bodies.

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