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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ? Chipmaker Broadcom's chief executive downplayed the risk to tech sales from Europe's debt crisis, saying expectations have already been lowered and that demand would stay strong in the long term.
Spending on consumer electronics and other technology has languished in recent months and experts fear that Europe's debt crisis could spread to the United States and Asia and cripple already-struggling economies around the world.
"To the extent it would have an impact on (the United States and Asia) it matters. But remember, expectations are already fairly low," Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Scott McGregor said of the debt crisis. "I think a lot of the concern of Europe is already factored into people's plans."
Broadcom, which makes chips used in cellphones and networking equipment, has already warned that its sales would fall as much as 13 percent in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter due to weak demand in Europe and the United States.
Sales of smartphones and tablets have been a relative bright spot among consumer products but even those are showing some signs of softness.
Taiwan's HTC Corp saw its sales fall 30 percent in November from a month before as the world's No. 4 smartphone brand struggled to compete against bigger rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics.
Major Broadcom customers in Europe like Nokia and Alcatel sell a big chunk of their products in the United States and Asia, making them less sensitive to low European demand, McGregor said.
He also said he expects demand to remain healthy in European countries not struggling with fiscal troubles.
"At the end of the day, I think there will still be a lot of consumer demand in Europe and a lot of healthy economies in many of those countries," he said.
Worries about slow demand have pushed many manufacturers in recent months to reduce high inventories of chips supplied by Broadcom and its competitors.
In a sign that confidence is evaporating at factories and businesses across Europe, investment there was flat in the third quarter for the second quarter running and companies sold down inventories.
McGregor declined to say when he expects Broadcom's customers to stop trimming their stocks of microchips.
French chipmaker STMicroelectronics has said it expects to return to normal business conditions in the second quarter of 2012 after inventory is cleared.
(Reporting by Noel Randewich and Poornima Gupta and Carol Bishopric)
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) ? The man whose arrest in February sparked Libya's revolution was sworn in as a minister in the new interim government on Sunday but said he had been hesitant about taking on the new job.
Fethi Tarbel, Libya's new sport and youth minister, wiped away tears after he took he swore a pledge of allegiance to Libya with one hand placed on the Koran, the Muslim holy book.
Standing in front of Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib and National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Tarbel was among a small group of ministers who had not taken part in the first inauguration of Libya's government last month.
The interim government will lead the North African country still reeling from a civil war that toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi to elections in seven months' time.
Tarbel, a human rights activist and lawyer who represented families of the Abu Salim prison massacre in 1996, was arrested in Benghazi in February.
His detention sparked a demonstration by families of the victims of the Abu Salim massacre in the eastern town's Shajara Square on the night of Feb 15-16. They were then dispersed by police, which sparked larger riots on Feb 17 that began Libya's uprising.
Tarbel, 39, told Reuters that he was reluctant at first to take up his post when El-Keib asked him, as he already sat on the NTC in Benghazi.
"I told him 'No I can't because there was an agreement that NTC members should not accept posts as ministers'," he said.
"But he then announced my name as minister for youth and sport when he announced his government. I asked him to give me three days to think about it."
Tarbel said he asked advisers, family and NTC members about taking up the post but they advised him against it.
"Most of them said that it was better if I didn't accept it as it is a big ministry with a huge task. Most of the Libyan population is young," he said.
"After that I accepted, and I don't know how I did it."
Other ministers sworn in on Sunday included Defence Minister Osama Al-Juwali and Oil Minister Abdulrahman Ben Yazza.
(Reporting by Ali Shuaib; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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Former Strikeforce heavyweight star Brett Rogers was sentenced to 60 days in jail for the assault that left his wife with a golf-ball sized wound on her head and without a tooth. He will also be on probation for three years, and was given credit for 26 days behind bars. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault.
Rogers was arrested in June for the incident. Witnesses saw him hitting his wife while she was on the ground. They said blood was streaming down her face. He was cut from the Strikeforce roster not long after the arrest.
His last win in a cage came in October of 2010. After winning 10 straight fights to start his career, he dropped four of his final five. The losses were to Fedor Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem, Josh Barnett and most recently, UFC and Bellator veteran Eddie Sanchez on a Titan Fighting Championship card.
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Argentina's David Nalbandian reacts while playing with team mate Eduardo Schwank, not seen, during their doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Seville, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)
Argentina's David Nalbandian reacts while playing with team mate Eduardo Schwank, not seen, during their doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Seville, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)
Argentina's David Nalbandian talks with team mate Eduardo Schwank, left, during their doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Seville, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Argentina's David Nalbandian shouts while playing with team mate Eduardo Schwank, not seen, in a doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Sevilla, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Argentina's David Nalbandian shouts while playing with team mate Eduardo Schwank, not seen, in a doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Seville, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Argentina's David Nalbandian talks with fellow team member mate Eduardo Schwank, right, during their doubles tennis match of the Davis Cup Final, against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, in Seville, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) ? Argentina won the doubles against Spain to trail 2-1 in the Davis Cup final, although the South Americans will face Rafael Nadal on his favorite clay surface on Sunday.
David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank, partnering for the first time, eased to a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 victory Saturday over Spanish pair Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez on the clay at Olympic Stadium.
Nadal, unbeaten on clay in 16 Davis Cup matches, opens Sunday for four-time champion Spain against Juan Martin del Potro.
The South Americans broke five times and overcame three break points to extend the series. The visitors need to sweep Sunday's reverse singles to become the first team in 72 years to rally from a 2-0 deficit.
"We played a great game. We're in very good shape, and the series is still alive," Nalbandian said. "Our hope is intact."
The 11th-ranked Del Potro needs to recover quickly from his exhausting, nearly five-hour loss to David Ferrer on Friday.
"It's normal (Del Potro) feels tired but I think he's ready for the challenge tomorrow," Argentina captain Tito Vazquez said. "To take it to a fifth match we have to win the fourth and that means we have to beat Rafa Nadal. It's not so simple."
Nadal and Ferrer practiced on Saturday. The pair are a combined 27-0 on clay for Spain, which hasn't lost a home series on clay since 1999.
"I'm not pessimistic. Tomorrow we have Nadal and Ferrer to win one point," said Spain captain Albert Costa, who expected Nalbandian to replace Juan Monaco should the final stretch to a fifth match.
Lopez and Verdasco again failed to follow up an impressive sweep of the opening singles by Nadal and David Ferrer. They also lost in the semifinals against France in which they won only three games. Their cup win-loss record together stands at 7-6.
"Today was one of those days I'd like to forget," Lopez said. "It was my worst ever Davis Cup match."
The Argentine section of fans was boisterous throughout, with Nalbandian volleying home the winner to break Lopez's serve in the fifth game as the visitors served out the set.
Nalbandian played for the first time since October because of various injuries. He and Schwank took a 4-0 lead in the second to take command of the match.
In the third set, after the Spanish pair managed to get the crowd of more than 20,000 fired up with a break chance in the sixth game, Argentina saved two break opportunities before Schwank ended the suspense with a volley at the net to hold serve.
Schwank served out the victory in just under two hours when Verdasco volleyed into the net to help Nalbandian to his 12th doubles victory in the competition, equaling Guillermo Villas' record. Nalbandian improved his overall cup record to 34-10 in his third final appearance.
Argentina has never won in three previous final appearances, including 2008 when it lost to Spain in Mar del Plata.
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Earlier this week, we mentioned that Strikeforce's first main card event for 2012 is scheduled for January 7, and that the expected main event is Tim Kennedy vs. middleweight champ Luke Rockhold. That turned out to be two thirds true.
MMA Fighting reports that the main event will actually feature Rockhold taking on Keith Jardine, not Kennedy. Jardine's last bouts were a draw with Gegard Mousasi, wins over Aron Lofton and Francisco France in smaller promotions, and then a five-fight losing streak dating back to UFC 96.
Kennedy is 4-1 in his last five fights, with the one loss coming to Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza in a title fight. He has wins over Robbie Lawlor, Melvin Manhoef, Trevor Prangley -- who Jardine lost to -- and Zak Cummings.
Yeah, I don't get it, either. I'm not the only one, as my Twitter timeline exploded with a collective, "Whaaaaa?" when the news hit late last night. Kennedy has lobbied for the title fight for months, but recently told Cagewriter that he doesn't care where he fights, as long as he fights good guys. Perhaps the Strikeforce and UFC gurus have a plan for Kennedy that we're not privy to; otherwise, there is not much logic behind this bout.
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Carrier IQ is a piece of tracking software that has the potential to record and report everything you do on your phone. Check out our full Carrier IQ explainer here.
RIM tells us it does not preinstall Carrier IQ on BlackBerry phones, nor does it authorize carriers to add the software later.
This contradicts what security researcher Trevor Eckhart found last month. Eckhart claims Carrier IQ can be found on Android and BlackBerry phones. To its credit, RIM says it is investigating Eckhart's claims.
Here's the full statement from RIM:
RIM is aware of a recent claim by a security researcher that an application called ?CarrierIQ? is installed on mobile devices from multiple vendors without the knowledge or consent of the device users. RIM does not pre-install the CarrierIQ app on BlackBerry smartphones or authorize its carrier partners to install the CarrierIQ app before sales or distribution. RIM also did not develop or commission the development of the CarrierIQ application, and has no involvement in the testing, promotion, or distribution of the app. RIM will continue to investigate reports and speculation related to CarrierIQ.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-carrier-iq-2011-12
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2011) ? An international team of astronomers has mapped in detail the star-birthing regions of the nearest star-forming galaxy to our own, a step toward understanding the conditions surrounding star creation.
Led by University of Illinois astronomy professor Tony Wong, the researchers published their findings in the December issue of the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a popular galaxy among astronomers both for its nearness to our Milky Way and for the spectacular view it provides, a big-picture vista impossible to capture of our own galaxy.
"If you imagine a galaxy being a disc, the LMC is tilted almost face-on so we can look down on it, which gives us a very clear view of what's going on inside," Wong said.
Although astronomers have a working theory of how individual stars form, they know very little about what triggers the process or the environmental conditions that are optimal for star birth. Wong's team focused on areas called molecular clouds, which are dense patches of gas -- primarily molecular hydrogen -- where stars are born. By studying these molecular clouds and their relationship to new stars in the galaxy, the team hopes to learn more about the metamorphosis of gas clouds into stars.
"When we study star formation, an important question is, what is the environment doing? How does the location of star formation reflect the conditions of that environment? There's no better place to study the wider environment than the LMC."
Using a 22-meter-diameter radio telescope in Australia, the astronomers mapped more than 100 molecular clouds in the LMC and estimated their sizes and masses, identifying regions with ample material for making stars. This seemingly simple task engendered a surprising find.
Conventional wisdom states that most of the molecular gas mass in a galaxy is apportioned to a few large clouds. However, Wong's team found many more low-mass clouds than they expected -- so many, in fact, that a majority of the dense gas may be sprinkled across the galaxy in these small molecular clouds, rather than clumped together in a few large blobs.
"We thought that the big clouds hog most of the mass," Wong said, "but we found that in this galaxy, it appears that the playing field is more level. The low-mass clouds are quite numerous and they actually contribute a significant amount of the mass. This provides the first evidence that the common wisdom about molecular clouds may not apply here."
The large numbers of these relatively low-mass clouds means that star-forming conditions in the LMC may be relatively widespread and easy to achieve. The findings raise some interesting questions about why some galaxies stopped their star formation while others have continued it.
To better understand the connection between molecular clouds and star formation, the team compared their molecular cloud maps to maps of infrared radiation, which reveal where young stars are heating cosmic dust.
For the comparison, they exploited a carefully selected sample of newborn heavy stars compiled by U. of I. astronomy professor You-Hua Chu and resident scientist Robert Gruendl, who also were co-authors of the paper. These stars are so young that they are still deeply embedded in cocoons of gas and dust.
"It turns out that there's actually very nice correspondence between these young massive stars and molecular clouds," Wong said. "That's not entirely surprising, but it's reassuring. We assume that these stars have to form in molecular clouds, and it tells us that the molecular clouds do hang around long enough for us to see them associated with these massive young stars."
Wong hopes to continue to study the relationship between molecular clouds and star formation in greater detail. If researchers can determine the relative ages of young stars, they can correlate these against molecular clouds to figure out which clouds have star formation, how long the clouds live and what eventually leads to their destruction. They also plan to use a newly constructed array of telescopes in Chile to see the cloud environment in higher resolution, pinpointing exactly where inside the molecular cloud star formation will occur.
"This study provides us with our most detailed view of an entire population of clouds in another galaxy," Wong said. "We can say with great confidence that these clouds are where the stars form, but we are still trying to figure out why they have the properties they do."
The National Science Foundation and NASA supported this work.
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LONDON ? Markets were boosted again on Tuesday by hopes that the 17 countries that use the euro will finally come up with a plan to deal with their crushing debt crisis, but the surprise announcement that American Airlines and its parent company are filing for bankruptcy protection checked the buying momentum.
As the 17 finance ministers of the eurozone converged on EU headquarters in a desperate bid to save their currency ? and to protect the global economy from a debt-induced financial tsunami ? investors were reminded of the urgency of the task at hand. Italy's borrowing rates in a pair of auctions shot up Tuesday to above 7 percent, an unsustainable level on a par with rates that forced the other nations to seek bailouts.
The fear is that the crisis ? which led to bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal ? could engulf bigger economies such as Italy, the eurozone's third-largest. If Italy were to default on its debt of euro1.9 trillion ($2.5 trillion), the fallout could spell ruin for the euro project itself and send shock waves throughout the global economy.
Though no specific details have yet emerged of what will likely result from a Dec. 9 summit of EU leaders, the ministers are thought to be discussing ideas that would have been taboo only recently: countries ceding fiscal sovereignty to a central authority; some kind of elite group of euro nations that would guarantee one another's loans ? but require strong fiscal discipline from anyone wanting membership.
At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, finance ministers also were likely to discuss the options ? plus a possible way to boost the region's rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility.
"The relatively benign market mood reflects both some rebound after last week's sharp declines, as well as hopes for progress on the European debt crisis front," said Nick Bennenbroek, an analyst at Wells Fargo Bank.
On Monday, stocks recouped some of last week's losses, particularly in Europe, with the CAC-40 in France up a massive 5 percent. As a result, the gains Tuesday were never expected to match the previous session's, especially after the bankruptcy protection decision by American Airlines, the third-largest U.S. carrier.
In Europe, Germany's DAX closed up 1 percent at 5,799.91, while the CAC-40 rose 0.5 percent at 3,026.76. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares ended 0.5 percent higher at 5,337.
The euro, meanwhile, was up 0.4 percent at $1.3347.
In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.7 percent at 11,599, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.7 percent to 1,200.
Earlier, most Asian markets ended higher, with the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo climbing 2.3 percent to close at 8,477.82.
Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea's Kospi rose 2.3 percent to 1,856.52 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.2 percent to 18,256.20. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia were also higher.
Mainland Chinese shares advanced, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gaining 1.2 percent to 2,412.39.
Oil prices tracked equities modestly higher ? benchmark crude for January delivery was up $1.22 to $99.43 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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Dunder Mifflin paper ? the product at the heart of NBC?s hit comedy ?The Office? NBC Universal ? is now a real product. It's even on sale, $34.95 for a 20-pound carton, at online office supplier quill.com and the NBC online store. Manufactured by quill.com, the paper bears the Dunder Mifflin logo and slogans ?Limitless paper in a paperless world? and ?Quabity first." Dunder Mifflin paper is the latest in a long line fictional TV and film goods that turn into successful products. Will "The Office" office paper do as well as these Top 6 items?
Inspired by the fictional shrimp company that made Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) an unwitting seafood mogul in the eponymous Oscar-winning film, the first Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant opened in 1996 in Monterey, California. The venture was a partnership between the production company Viacom and restaurateurs Scott Barnett and Gordon Miles. Today, the family-friendly seafood chain has 33 locations worldwide, serving mainly Southern and Cajun-inspired shrimp dishes. Quill.com will have to sell a lot of Dunder Mifflin paper to match that level of success.
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KINSHASA (Reuters) ? Deadly violence, arson and widespread voter confusion marred Democratic Republic of Congo's second post-war election on Monday, raising concerns of a protracted dispute over the outcome.
Masked gunmen attacked a polling station in the southern mining province of Katanga before three of them were killed by security forces, and locals burned down three polling stations in the neighboring opposition heartland of West Kasai.
Many voters trekked between voting stations confused over where to cast their ballots, and scuffles broke out over shortages of voting materials and allegations of fraud.
"I voted. I left at 7 in the morning. I have been to five schools," said Bercam Nzangi, a Kinshasa resident. "I was able to do this but what about those mammas who can't read and write or don't have transport. This is organized chaos."
Election commission official Matthieu Mpita told reporters polling stations would remain open as long as it takes to complete voting, describing operations so far as "satisfactory." Election workers began counting at some stations by nightfall.
Congo's election, pitting incumbent President Joseph Kabila against main challenger Etienne Tshisekedi and nine other rivals, is meant to gauge progress since a 1998-2003 war that killed more than five million people.
But concerns are mounting that a chaotic poll will pave the way for dispute between Kabila and Tshisekedi over the eventual results. A contested election in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, rekindled a civil war there earlier this year.
"If such a standoff takes place, a lot will depend on what the other candidates (...) do and how Kabila's forces react to what could potentially be massive displays of support for the opposition in the capital," said J. Peter Pham, director of the U.S.-based Michael S. Ansari Africa Center.
Kabila is seen as favorite in the poll after his government pushed through a law scrapping the need for a run-off if no candidate secures a majority in the first round, and the opposition failed to unite around a single candidate.
Provisional results are due December 6.
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Police presence was heavy in the capital Kinshasa, where at least three people were killed in violence on Saturday, and there were numerous reports of shootings after nightfall.
Angry residents made a bonfire of ballot papers in one area of Kinshasa after an electoral commission official was accused of fraud, according to international observers.
A leader of the Carter Center election observer mission, John Stremlau, said the organization had flagged logistical problems ahead of the vote.
"What we are seeing is the cost of that in a lot of voters who are frustrated and not getting to the polls in time and not being given clear instructions as to how the procedure will work," he told Reuters.
A spokesman for the European Union observer mission said some EU observers had been pulled back from parts of the country, including areas of Kinshasa, due to security concerns.
"It's obviously a problem (that we're missing the count), but it's a choice between safety and observation," Renaud Dewit said, adding that the EU mission would decide whether it was safe to redeploy teams on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Congolese security forces detained a dozen suspects after masked gunmen using automatic weapons attacked a polling station in Katanga.
"Three people were killed, seven were arrested and five handed themselves over after being surrounded by the army," Moise Katumbi, the governor of the local Katanga province told Reuters by telephone from the city.
Human Rights Watch researcher Ida Sawyer said two policemen may also have been killed in the same attack, though that could not be confirmed.
In West Kasai, locals burned down three polling stations and police fired shots to disperse about 100 people who gathered outside the mayor's office in the town of Mbuji-Mayi complaining they did not know were to vote.
One female RENOSEC observer was seriously injured after being attacked by crowds fearing electoral fraud in nearby Kananga, Francois Badibanga, spokesman for the Congolese electoral monitoring organization said.
Kabila came to power when his father Laurent was assassinated in 2001. Kabila then won the 2006 poll.
Addressing the nation on Sunday evening, Kabila warned against a return to widespread violence.
"Our country has come a long way, from war and conflict of every type. We must take care not to go back to that," he said.
(Additional reporting by Kenny Katombe in Goma; writing by Richard Valdmanis and Mark John; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. ? New Jersey prosecutors have dropped the most serious charges against a man who had been accused of killing a former "American Idol" contestant with his car, agreeing with his lawyer that even though he had confessed, there is no evidence he struck the woman.
Daniel Bark pleaded guilty under a plea agreement Monday to eluding police and drunken driving. Prosecutors dismissed aggravated manslaughter and other charges in the 2009 accident that killed Alexis Cohen of Allentown, Pa. Her profanity-laden rants when she was rejected by the show on two successive seasons were shown repeatedly.
The 25-year-old's body was found on a road in Seaside Heights.
Bark faces probation and nearly a year in jail when he's sentenced. His attorney Michael Nolan told the Asbury Park Press ( http://on.app.com/tjpjiD) there's never been any physical evidence connecting Bark to Cohen's death.
"As we've said all along, there has never been any proof that he did do it," he said. "The sad part is, this girl was killed, and whoever killed that girl is still driving around out there."
Nolan said his client was pressured into confessing to something he didn't do. In court Monday, Bark said he had drunk about six beers at a nightclub before getting into his car and driving early on July 25, 2009. He acknowledged ignoring orders from two bicycle police officers to stop, instead driving away from them. He said he was afraid because of the beers he had consumed, and because he had a marijuana pipe in his car.
Bark acknowledged swerving and nearly striking the police officers before fleeing from them, and driving through several stop signs. He also conceded he was impaired by the beer, though he wouldn't submit to a test to determine his blood-alcohol level when he was pulled over by other police officers.
The suspect denied having anything to do with Cohen's death for the first 40 minutes of his interview with police, but then said he may have hit a woman, and at one point said he did hit her. The investigators continued questioning him for a while before reading him his rights.
A judge threw out that confession because police failed to advise him of his rights, including the right to have an attorney present during questioning.
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Egyptian women walk past a banner and poster in Arabic that both read, "Nour Party," on the first day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)
Egyptian women walk past a banner and poster in Arabic that both read, "Nour Party," on the first day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)
Two veiled Egyptian women walk past a poster in Arabic that reads, "the freedom and justice party," on the first day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)
Sobhi Saleh, right, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood and candidate for parliament, speaks to voters at a polling station on the first day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)
Sobhi Saleh, center, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood and candidate for parliament, speaks to voters at a polling station on the first day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) ? Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak brought the political debut of a potentially powerful new player on the scene, the ultraconservative Islamist movement known as the Salafis.
At several voting stations in this Mediterranean coastal city Monday, Salafis packed the lines as early as 7 a.m., an hour before the polls opened, clearly distinguishable by the long, moustache-less beards of the men and the blanketing robes and veils of the women leaving nothing of their bodies visible but their eyes.
Their presence in the lines only grew throughout the day, as women in veils and gloves passed out campaign fliers for the Nour Party, the main Salafist entry in the race.
"Anybody who is afraid of the Salafis doesn't know who we are," said Um Ibrahim, 43, who wore a face veil and had dragged her children to the polls with her. "The Nour Party understands religion the way that God intended and they will lead us properly."
Islamic parties in general are expected to do well, likely to win a plurality or even a majority in the next parliament, raising the likelihood that Egypt will see an increased melding of religion into its politics. Strongest is the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most organized political force, in existence for 80 years with a network of activists and charities nationwide.
After the lifting of Mubarak's autocratic hand, newly created Salafi parties have flooded onto the scene. They are challenging the Brotherhood's near monopoly on the religious bloc and are likely to push even harder than the Brotherhood for religious rule.
They bring an ideology that makes the Brotherhood look moderate in comparison. Salafis advocate a Saudi-style hard-line interpretation of Islam that brooks no compromise in a literalist interpretation of Shariah law and advocates a staunch segregation of the sexes. They have long shunned the concept of democracy, saying it allows man's law to override God's.
During the election campaign, their bluntness startled many in Egypt, where even the pious usually have a relatively easygoing view. During an Alexandria rally, Salafis covered a public statue with cloth because it included mermaids. One Salafi leader refused to appear on a TV political talk show until the female host put on a headscarf; another insisted a partition be put between him and a female host. A sheik recently burst into a concert at a Nile Delta university, took to the stage and shouted that music was "haram" ? religiously forbidden.
But the Salafis also highlight why Islamists appeal to some. In a nation where poverty is widespread, Islamists ? unlike liberals ? have taken the lead in providing charity work and social programs, including free medical and educational services for the poor. While liberals fear imposition of Islamic law, some in this intrinsically religious society look on an Islamist candidate and see a moral person who is less likely to be corrupt.
"I am a divorced woman and the Nour party candidates have always helped me financially to stand on my feet," said Horreya Attia, a 52-year old mother of two. "The least I could do is return the favor at the polls."
In downtown Alexandria, Amira Salah, 19, sat with her friends talking about who to vote for. She was dressed in a way Salafis consider improper ? makeup on her face, jeans and a colorful headscarf ? but she surprised her girlfriends when she said she wanted to vote for the Nour Party.
"They'll be able to run the country in the right and God-fearing way," she said. "They will use the correct traditions of the prophet to rule Egypt. Even if they made me cover up from top to bottom and wear a face veil, I would be OK with it."
A major election question for Nour ? Arabic for "light" ? is whether it can cross over to Egyptians outside the Salafi fold. The movement has existed for decades but stayed out of politics and was a tiny minority. It grew in the past decade, as Salafi preachers in mosques and on satellite TV station pursued new flocks, particularly among the poor. Still, many Egyptians still see them as a Saudi import.
They have several strongholds around the country, particularly Alexandria, home to a main Salafi religious institute. Nour candidates are running for 22 of Alexandria's 24 parliament seats, and party leaders claim to have a realistic chance of winning 15.
Nour party candidate Yaser Abdel-Kawy said the clean political slate helps the Salafis.
"Those who have played politics with the previous regime have always been considered as soiled with the filth of the old regime," he told The Associated Press. "But the Salafis are ready to enter politics after almost 30 years of pure charity and social work, and without the bad reputation of politics ? so people trust us more."
The 43-year old bearded father of five ? who smelled slightly of musk, a scent some Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad wore ? is a psychologist by training but well known in the Raml district where he is running because of the social programs he directs. He was surrounded Monday by his entourage ? four burly young men who compared biceps in the reflection of car windows when they thought no one was looking. Abdel-Kawy laughed, explaining they were there to protect him in case of violence at the polls.
He said the party does not intend to force its beliefs. Still, party spokesmen say the next constitution must strictly forbid any laws contradicting Shariah ? implicitly meaning the strict Salafi view of Shariah.
Abdel-Kawi said Saudi Arabia's implementation of Shariah was not what he envisioned for Egypt, but also dismissed the model of Turkey. "They have gone too far with their freedoms," he said. "They put top value on secularism."
In past elections, the Brotherhood was the only option for Islamists.
Nevine Sameh said she used to vote Brotherhood. "But I have always been a Salafi and am more comfortable with the Nour party," the 21-year-old said after voting in the Alexandria slum of Suyouf.
Suyouf is the stronghold of Brotherhood candidate Subhi Saleh, who has carried it easily in past races. He was treated like a superstar during a tour Monday through the district as people lined up to shake his hand, thank him for help on personal issues and hold up their babies for him to kiss.
Saleh said that he couldn't believe he was experiencing what he called a truly free election ? and acknowledged that meant there was now competition.
"This time the elections are truly political, and I have the burden of convincing people to vote for me."
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