(AP/Washington Post) Maggie Michael - The banned Muslim Brotherhood locked up about one-quarter of the parliamentary seats open in two rounds of balloting, according to results released Monday - an unexpectedly strong sign of Egypt's increasing turn toward conservative Islam. Candidates affiliated with the Brotherhood held only 15 seats in the outgoing 454-seat People's Assembly. Of the 308 seats open in the first and second rounds, the Brotherhood took 81 outright and has sent 41 candidates to a second-round run-off on Saturday.
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