World IN BRIEF : EGYPT : Candidate Wounded by Gunman in Cairo
From Times Wire Reports
A gunman wounded a prominent Egyptian opposition candidate on the eve of a second round of parliamentary elections. Security sources said the gunman, in a speeding car, shot New Wafd Party candidate Ayman Nour in a Cairo street. Nour, deputy editor of the party newspaper Al Wafd, was hit by one bullet in the right side. He was hospitalized, but his condition was not immediately available.
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