The Egyptian parliament on Tuesday decided to extend the application of emergency law for another two years but will restrict it to terrorism and drug trafficking crimes, the state-run MENA news agency reported. In a session of the People's Assembly (lower house), 308 legislators voted in favor of the extension of the controversial law, which passed the two-thirds threshold. The law was put into effect in 1981, and had been extended every three years. the latest extension will expire on May 31, 2012. 