| The leader of Egypt's opposition Ghad party Ayman Nour has lost his parliamentary seat two months after emerging as Hosni Mubarak's main rival in the presidential elections, according to the electoral commission. The 40-year-old lawyer was beaten by ruling National Democratic Party candidate Yehya Wahdan in his own Cairo stronghold of Bab al-Shariya, commission secretary-general Intissar Nessim announced on television on Thursday. Nessim was announcing partial results fom the first round of elections that kicked off Wednesday in 82 constituencies across Egypt. |