Turnout in the opening phase of Egypt's first post-revolution election was 62 percent, the highest in the country's history, election commission head Abdel Moez Ibrahim announced on Friday.

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Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power

After the final voters cast their votes in the first elections after the Egyptian revolution, counting has begun late Tuesday night.

The results are expected to be announced for individual candidate

Voting began on Monday in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising nine months ago.

The vote is a milestone many Egypti

Egyptian voters begin casting their ballots on Monday in the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.

Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei indicated he would agree to head a new government if asked, as Egypt's military leader scrambled to defuse a political crisis ahead of Monday's landmark

Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday after days of deadly clashes, demanding the military rulers step down and rejecting their choice of new prime minister.

Ahead

Egypt's ruling military council on Thursday tasked former prime minister Kamal al-Ganzuri with forming a new cabinet, private Egyptian TV channels reported.

Ganzuri headed the government from 1996 to

Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday demanding the end of military rule, following a week of deadly clashes, as Washington called for a swift handover of power

Egypt's military rulers apologised on Thursday for the deaths of demonstrators at the hands of police as a truce brought calm back to the outskirts of Cairo's Tahrir Square, scene of days of deadly cl