Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood confirms poll participation

Although the Brotherhood, Egypt's largest and most organised opposition group, is officially banned, it still controls a fifth of the seats in parliament after fielding candidates as "independents" in 2005.
It declined to join former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei in his call for an election boycott.
The number of seats will increase to 518 at the next election which is due at the end of November after the government assigned a new quota of 64 seats reserved for women.
President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party dominates the current lower house.
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