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14 weeks 1 day ago - Egypt
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the political power of Egypt's ruling military, but what about its economic strength?

From factories to restaurants, and electronic goods, the army is running a booming business.

And as Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Cairo, some people are calling for a boycott of goods sold by the army.

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19 weeks 3 days ago - Egypt

Islamists aim to deepen their control over Egypt's lower house of parliament on Tuesday in a final phase of voting overshadowed by a threat from a liberal party to boycott elections for the upper chamber.

Banned under Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as a major winner from the uprising that toppled him, exploiting a well-organised support base in the first free legislative vote in decades.

Islamists of various stripes are expected to win 60 per cent of the 498-seat lower house, with the Brotherhood taking some 41 per cent, by its own count.

Run-offs scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday and a rerun in a district where the vote was cancelled in the first round due to irregularities, are set to fill the 11 per cent of seats as yet undecided, according to Brotherhood figures. [REUTERS]

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