Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A member of the local electoral commission (R) carries a portable ballot box while helping a local resident to walk during parliamentary elections in the village of Karasuu, some 240 km (149 miles) southwest of Almaty, southern Kazakhstan January 15, 2012. Kazakhstan voted on Sunday in an election designed to put a second party in parliament and ease growing discontent after deadly riots shook the country's image of stability. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
Members of the local electoral commission empty a ballot box ...
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Members of the local electoral commission empty a ballot box at the Republican Guard military base during parliamentary elections in Almaty January 15, 2012. Kazakhstan began voting on Sunday in an election designed to put a second party in parliament and ease growing discontent after deadly riots shook the image of stability prized by the veteran leader of Central Asia's largest economy and oil producer. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheev (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS MILITARY)
People wait outside a polling station beside an electoral slogan ...
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - People wait outside a polling station beside an electoral slogan for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party that reads, "We bring good to Egypt" in Toukh, El-Kalubia governorate, about 25 km (16 miles) northeast of Cairo January 3, 2012. Egyptians voted in the third round of a parliamentary election on Tuesday that has so far handed Islamists the biggest share of seats in an assembly that will be central in the planned transition from army rule. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
A woman walks past a graffiti of the electoral slogan for Salafi ...
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A woman walks past a graffiti of the electoral slogan for Salafi political party Al-Nour that reads, "Together hand in hand we build the country through religion", in Toukh in El-Kalubia, about 25 km (16 miles) northeast of Cairo December 31, 2011. The final round of voting in parliamentary elections starts in El-Kalubia and eight other electorates on Wednesday, according to the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA). REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS)
Electoral workers wait for voters at a polling station during ...
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Electoral workers wait for voters at a polling station during the second round of the parliamentary run-off election at Al Doki in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, December 22, 2011. Egypt is holding the latest round of its first democratic parliamentary election on Thursday in relative calm after five days of protests in Cairo that prompted a brutal response from security forces. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)