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By Lin Noueihed and Ali Abdelaty MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) - Holding court behind a battered desk at his campaign office in the southern town of Minya, Bahaa Fikry embodies Egypt's past. A provincial apparatchik in Hosni Mubarak's ruling party before the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings swept them both from power, Fikry may well represent Egypt's future too if he wins a seat in this month's parliamentary elections. “The country needs us, or needs me personally, at this stage.” On paper, Egypt’s first parliament in three years should be a powerful one.More...