Egyptians line up to cast their ballots on Wednesday.<br/> It's the second day of the final round of a multi-stage parliamentary vote for the 498-seat assembly.<br/> Voters turned out in unprecedented numbers in the first two rounds, and parties ranging from hardline Islamists to liberals and secularists are competing hard for every vote.<br/> Here, women are turning up to vote in numbers outside the Asmaa Abu Bakr School in Qalyubiyah Governorate.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN VOTER, ELHAM RAMADAN, SAYING:<br/> "I feel that this election honoured us and we should consolidate to boost our life. This would rebuild Egypt."<br/> The Higher Judicial Elections Committee announced earlier that the parliament's first meeting will be held by the end of January - one year on from the start of the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
