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Egypt Press - June 7
Published in Youm7 on 07 - 06 - 2011

Egypt's press today focused on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' (SCAF) decision to cancellation the curfew on July 15, and the Swiss investigation into Gamal Mubarak's fortune.
Youm7 (Independent)
Imposing a 10% tax on the stock exchange is still a controversial issue in Egypt and the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority is to manage and run bonds operations.
Although the political and million-man demonstrations retreated, labor protests escalated across the country.
Al-Ahram el-Masaei (State-run)
Egypt's governorates witnessed several demonstrations yesterday, particularly in Alexandria, mourning the death of Khaled Said.
Egypt officially asked 120 countries to follow up on freezing 150 businessmen's assets if they are proved to be illegal.
AL-Akhbar (State-run)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf inaugurated a wheat stockroom in Wadi el-Natron. Around six stockrooms will be established to save the losing wheat. He will inaugurate productive projects in Sadat city.
Egyptian Minister of Finance Samir Radwan affirmed that financial support cannot be shortened. The ministry said the military council will issue a decree concerning the 2011/2012 general State's budget.
Al-Wafd (Opposition, affiliated with al-Wafd Party):
Al-Wafd reported that the Swiss Li Einstein province decided to freeze Ahmed Ezz' assets and those of former Housing Minister Mohammed Suleiman. A judicial source said they deposited their illegal money by smuggling and money laundering.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian football Association sacked Coach Hassan Shahata after the Egyptian team and South Africa drew 0-0.
Al-Masry Al-Youm (Independent)
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said the curfew will be lifted on July 15, affirming its decision came to facilitate movement all over Egypt.
El-Ayatt residents succeeded in removing a stabilization phone tower after demonstrating for 17 hours and closing the Cairo-Aswan road.
Al-Dostor (Independent)
Assistant Minister of Justice Essam el-Gohary said the results of investigations conducted by the Illicit Gains Authority will be announced within a few hours to the public.
Sharaf inaugurated Virgin Mary Church in Imbaba after its restoration. It was burned in sectarian violence. The inauguration was attended by 2,000 Coptic Christians.
Al-Shorouq (Independent)
Egypt's stock exchange chairman announced the body reached an agreement with the Ministry of Finance on a 10 percent tax. The ministry decided to exempt companies registered in Egyptian markets.
Political powers welcomed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member Mahmoud Ghazlan's initiative which called “O dissidents, let us come to a logical agreement between us and you.” The initiative aims at creating a unified charter to which all political powers adhere. The Brotherhood could cooperate with any political trend in the framework of the charter in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Al-Gomhorreya (Independent, government leaning)
The chairman of the medical staff that following up Mubarak's condition denied media reports claiming the deposed present has recorded a video in his room, while the monitoring system is under investigation on this matter.
Teachers refused to monitor the exams of a secondary school in Giza governorate as the school still has Mubarak's name.


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