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6 female students arrested after exam in Mansoura University: Student observatory
Prosecution ordered detainees spend 15 days in preventive detention

4 discoveries made this week by archaeologists
Ancient tombs, artefacts, and a tunnel have been discovered this week in Egypt

Japan funds Egyptian palm handicrafts project
Japanese Ambassador in Egypt signs grant providing organisation with over $80,000 to improve equipment

11 militants killed, 2 tunnels destroyed in North Sinai
Armed forces thwarted an attempt to bomb Sheikh Zuweid police station
International foreign reserves drop to $15.3bn
Egyptâs BOP recorded $410m surplus in Q1 2014/2015
Tax authority exempts 1m units of tax
Families with housing worth under EGP 2m are exempted from taxation

Egyptians expatriate remittances equivalent triple to Suez Canal revenues: World Bank
Egypt tops Arab world in terms of expatriate remittances, estimated at $20bn annually

59.9% Bisco Misr shares to be acquired by Kelloggâs
Banque Misr, which has 7% shares in Bisco Misr, refuses to give out information regarding decision to sell until 11 January
Egypt to issue bonds on international markets after higher credit ranking: Cabinet
Lowering dues of foreign oil companies, amending investment laws and resolving conflicts boost business sectorâs trust

Port Said âfootball massacreâ victimsâ families protest upcoming Al-Masry game
74 Al-Ahly supporters were killed following football match in 2012

Egypt-Canada negotiate the release of Al-Jazeera’s Mohamed Fahmy
Family’s hope on Canadian FM’s visit to Egypt to obtain release ‘before’ retrial, says fiancĂ©e
Arab League expresses full support for Libyaâs Tobruk-based government
Libyan delegate requested Arab states to provide arms to troops to end violence
Policeman killed in Giza while dismantling bomb
Explosion took place in front of Al-Talbeya police station

Egypt asks Qatar to freeze Al-Qaradawi assets
Islamic cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is wanted by Interpol

4 Ultras jailed charged with assaulting Al-Zamalek president
Short sentences given for alleged âacidâ attack on club chairman

Mass trial for Al-Fatah Mosque clashes postponed to February
494 are accused of attempted murder, thuggery and destroying public property, trial includes high ranking Muslim Brotherhood members

Popular Current will not run in parliamentary elections
Young successors of Hamdeen Sabahy cite lack of fair representation
Egypt warns foreign journalists to fact check following Amal Clooney story
The Guardian article led to confusion over threat of arrest to high-profile Al Jazeera trial lawyer
2 policemen killed in front of church in Minya
Interior ministry intensifies security presence in churches’ surroundings
KIMA earns EGP 23.3m revenues during 5 months
Memphis Pharmaceutical witnesses EGP 10m losses during 5 months and KIMA
Companiesâs micro-financing face new regulations: EFSA head
Resolution determined companiesâ promulgated capital is not less than EGP 15m, paid-up capital not less than 50% of minimum rate of doubtful debts

Solar energy initiative for homes to be implemented in Q1 2015
National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr participate in initiative to finance solar stations to produce electricity for homes

Tourism ministry subsidises EgyptAir Paris-, London-Luxor flights: Advisor
Ministry plans to raise tourist flow from Western Europe to Luxor and Aswan through EGP 1,000 subsidy on EgyptAir flights from London and Paris
Planning, investment ministers agree on financing Misr Spinning and Weaving
Salman, Araby discuss iron and steel development via imported raw materials and cooperation to increase production

Palestinian Authority to pursue statehood bid, despite setbacks
“We didn’t fail; the UN Security Council failed us,” says Mahmoud Abbas

Investment ministry to comprehensively restructure 125 public sector companies: Salman
Restructuring includes financial evaluation of performance and private sector partnership to change public management, says investment minister
Presidential decree to establish EGP 3.3bn phosphate industrial zone
Industrial zone will be constructed over 5,115 feddans and will include 12 industrial complexes

2 diagnosed with bird flu in Minya: Health ministry
29 Egyptians contracted the virus in 2014; 12 of them died
NGO to submit 200 names for presidential pardon request in protest cases
Students most likely to be pardoned and released, say experts

Ramses bath house trial verdict postponed to 12 January
Defence questions legality of arrests, accuses police of allowing media to film arrests