Al-Saeed: Tax reforms are part of a programme to overcome the current crisis

Changes in the tax code had been approved after the ministry had consulted with various business organizations, according to the minister of finance

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ENBD to acquire BNP Paribas Egypt for $500 million

Gulf investors show interest in the Egyptian market despite political turmoil

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UN leader presses Mali government to hold free elections

Ban and western countries have raised concerns about interference in the government by the Mali military,

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US gun lobby urges armed police in every school

And a string of celebrities including Jeremy Renner, Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce launched a video to back a campaign to clamp down on gun sales following the Newtown school massacre

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Morsy ratifies Shura Council list

President names appointed members of the Shura Council. 75 out of the 90 nominees are non-Islamists

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ITIDA targets 17 per cent growth in IT sector by 2013

280 companies have been granted loans with updated registration requirements based on the standards of ITIDA

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Almost a hundred arrested in Alexandria clashes

Violence takes over Alexandria again as Islamists and non-Islamists clash

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Brotherhood supreme guide explains weekly message

Mohamed Badie, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, says he was not referring to the military leadership in his weekly message

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Cassation court to decide Mubarak’s fate

The former Egyptian president and his interior minister could be retried with possibilities of increased or reduced sentences

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NATO says Syria regime firing ‘Scud-style missiles’

The latest launches were detected on Thursday and that was corroborated by an activist in the rebel-held town of Marea in the northern province of Aleppo

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