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Electoral bribes persist as parliamentary runoffs near end: observers
Egypt

Electoral bribes persist as parliamentary runoffs near end: observers

Election observers have detected the persistence of bribes and violations by candidate campaigners throughout the final day of Egyptian parliamentary…
Germany paid out bribes to host 2006 World Cup: Report
World

Germany paid out bribes to host 2006 World Cup: Report

Germany’s application committee paid out bribes in 2000 to four Asian members of the FIFA, the weekly reported. The slush fund…
Wafd Party reform movement launches ‘Clean Vote’ campaign to fight election bribes
Egypt

Wafd Party reform movement launches ‘Clean Vote’ campaign to fight election bribes

The Wafd Party's reform movement has launched a campaign entitled “Clean Vote”, which aims to fight bribes on buying votes. The movement…
Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks
Egypt

Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks

A former executive at Bechtel Corp was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison on Monday for accepting $5.2 million in…
Ibrahim Seada on watch list for Akhbar al-Youm Gifts case
Egypt

Ibrahim Seada on watch list for Akhbar al-Youm Gifts case

Public funds prosecution issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Ibrahim Seada, former chairman of Akhbar al-Youm, in the latest…
Former minister pays thousands to Al-Akhbar to reconcile with state
Egypt

Former minister pays thousands to Al-Akhbar to reconcile with state

Former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi has paid LE60,000 to the state-run Al-Akhbar Al-Youm Institution for Journalism as repyament for illegal…
Cairo microbus drivers protest against ‘tax increases’
Egypt

Cairo microbus drivers protest against ‘tax increases’

Dozens of microbus drivers protested on Thursday outside the Giza Governorate Headquarters, denouncing an increase in their annual taxes, which…
Health officials sentenced to jail
Egypt

Health officials sentenced to jail

The Giza Criminal Court, presided over by Nabil Mohamed Abdel Meguid, has sentenced two Ministry of Health officials to five…
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Egypt

Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques

Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq said he will not permit any political group, including the National Democratic…
Police question Israel’s Olmert in bribery probe
World

Police question Israel’s Olmert in bribery probe

Jerusalem --Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, already on trial for corruption, was questioned by police on Tuesday on suspicion…
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