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Egypt to apply property tax law in January

CAIRO: Egypt will start implementing the controversial property tax law this coming…

Sabah Hamamou

Tanta factory strike thwarted due to security pressure

CAIRO: Hundreds of workers from the Tanta Flax and Oil Company demonstrated…

Manar Ammar

Mark Lester did not father Jackson's children

Sources very close to Michael Jackson s family on Sunday denied claims…

AFP
AFP

E-government services usage relatively low, says government poll

CAIRO: Only 38 percent of Egyptians are aware of e-government services that…

Safaa Abdoun

ANALYSIS: Ezz spat with opposition belies internal, external conflicts

CAIRO: The spat that has ensued between Ahmed Ezz and political opposition…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Abbas's party keeps 'right to resist,' angering Israel

BETHLEHEM: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement renewed its charter for the…

AFP
AFP

Man kills wife over 'unauthorized' escapade

CAIRO: An Egyptian man has killed his wife by strangling her with…

AFP
AFP

MB pulls out of parliamentary election do-over

CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood MPs in Qaliubiya's Qanater district said they will not…

Yasmine Saleh