The government backtracked on its decision to reduce the price of gas supplied to steel factories from $7 per one million British Thermal Units to $4.5, which was announced in March, due to the high real cost of fuel caused by the average price of (...)
The lives of nearly 1600 students at a school in Minya are being threatened as cracks have begun to appear in the walls and ceiling of their elementary and junior high school. Many of the students' guardians said the school administration has (...)
aCAIRO: Egypt's notorious property tax law proposal sparked controversy Sunday among MPs, with supporters saying the proposal will only tax a few Egyptians and opponents saying it will overstrain the majority and that the levy should be further (...)
CAIRO: Amidst heated debate, the People's Assembly continued discussing amendments to Child Law 12/1996, which aims to extend the legal protection of children.
On March 4, President Hosni Mubarak signed the final version of the amendments to the (...)
CAIRO: The privatization process in Egypt has complied with all standards and laws, Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin told parliament yesterday during a discussion of the Central Auditing Agency's report on the privatization process between the (...)
CAIRO: The People's Assembly (PA) approved the government's request to extend the state of emergency for two more years, since the anti-terrorism law set to replace the current emergency law is still incomplete.
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (...)
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KHARTOUM: Sudan continues to oppose deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to war-torn Darfur but is open to discussing UN support for an African Union force already there, an official said Tuesday. The Sudanese (...)