The opposition Muslim Brotherhood called on Egyptians yesterday to boycott local council elections due today.

In a paid advertisement in the daily newspaper al-Dustour, the Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition group, said it was responding to obstruction by the authorities of its attempts to take part.

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