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December 05, 2011

Reuters: Islamist rivals battle for votes on Egypt’s streets

by Tamim Elyan
Reuters

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Both want Egypt run along Islamic lines but on Monday election campaigners for the party of the well-established Muslim Brotherhood and backers of an ultra-conservative Salafi group showed their rivalry runs deep.

About half the 52 seats being contested in run-offs this week for the first stage of Egypt's drawn-out parliamentary election are being contested between the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the Salafi al-Nour Party.

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