Islamists win 80% of Egypt's upper house of parliament, Obama celebrates

Islamists have won 80% of Egypt's upper house of parliament - even better than they did in the lower house. Islamist parties won more than 80 percent of seats in Egypt's upper house of parliament, the country's election board announced Sunday.The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party took 58 percent of the seats in contention, while the harder-line Salafist Al-Nour party came in second