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Raptors and Blazers lead NBA after 28 rounds
Portland Trail Blazers continues leading the Western Conference after winning the game against the New Orleans Pelicans, scoring 114 points to 88.
2014 in review: Ministerial report
Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade release report summarising 2014 events and showing ministryâs expectations for 2015

Index funds delayed to January, secondary market for bonds awaits consensus: EGX Chairman
Over 30 EGX companies will be given less than 1% for free stock exchange to manage their position and offer more bids for free exchange

Court reduces sentences in âsame-sex marriage videoâ defendants to 1 year
The men were featured in a video showing two males in what appeared to be a gay wedding on a boat
NGO confronts Interior Ministry’s refutation of minor’s detention camp
Whatever is raised on this matter is groundless, says Interior Ministry spokesman

Police report against Alaa Abdel Fattah ‘forged’: Defence lawyer
Court postpones Shura Council trial to 10 January

Nearly 300 people arrested in Sinai military raids
Most of detained individuals were illegal immigrants
Prisoner in Al-Azouly Prison allegedly died of torture
Family of deceased submitted a report to Prosecutor General to receive and bury the body, and to launch an investigation

Footballâs Holy Trinity
By Dr Cesar Chelala With Lionel Messiâs last performances there should now be no doubt: he belongs in footballâs Holy Trinity with PelĂ© and Maradona. Although there have been many outstanding players, those three are the most enduring stars in the worldâs most popular sport. The three of them have been considered by different observers …
Tailoring the fabric of a nation
Mohamed El-Badrawi has been the personal tailor for former presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar El-Sadat and Hosni Mubarak

‘I sold 19 acres plus my car to be able to keep the hotel running for 4 years’: Hotel Chairman
Utopia Hotel has no occupancies, with EGP 1.5m losses and demand from government and banks is increasing, says Shalaby

‘Hotels are closed in Taba and Nuweiba due to low occupancy’: Regional Prime Guides Investors Association
Association warned against shut downs and converting hotels to shelters for outlaws, thus loss of investments worth EGP 10bn

âClosure of hotels makes them vulnerable to robberyâ: Hotel manager
Tourist investors in Taba and Nuweiba call for attention to their projects before they close down
Police arrests 14 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members
Defendants charged with plotting against security personnel and judges
Al-Azhar to give lectures to counter âextremist ideologiesâ
Lectures are part Al-Azhar’s efforts to combat extremism, says Secretary General of Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy
2014 best economic year since January 2011: Cairo Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies
Following Morsiâs ouster on 30 June, government adopted austerity-style policies, Centre Head says

Wholesale mobile minute prices unified to Telecom Egypt: NTRA Executive Presiden
Mobile operator companies have the right to be given a licence for fixed phone services in return for paying EGP 100m.

3 cooperation agreements signed in China
Egyptian president met with leading Chinese tourism companies in Beijing
Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS militias in Syria
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) posted photos online of a captured Jordanian military pilot. The militants allegedly shot down a Jordanian fighter jet with an anti-aircraft missile near the city of Raqqa, in northern Syria, on Wednesday. The media centre of Raqqa, an ISIS-affiliated news organisation, posted several pictures showing the …
Four released following detention after protesting Mubarak verdict
The Qasr Al-Nil Misdemeanour Court acquitted four detainees Wednesday, who were charged with protesting in the vicinity of Tahrir Square. The four protestors had been protesting against the Cairo Criminal Court’s decision to drop all charges against former president Hosni Mubarak on 28 November. The defendantsâ lawyers, who work for the Egypt Center for Social …

Egyptian exports of cross-border services via Internet worth $1.5bn by end of 2012
Egypt has the potential to be one of the fastest ten countries in the world in terms of digital economy during the next five years

New militant video allegedly shows masked gunmen running North Sinai checkpoint
The footage also includes images of executions of alleged “army collaborators”
25 Ultras Ahlawy members arrested following basketball match break-in
Hardcore supporters of Al-Ahly club protest against alleged collaboration between club chairman, Egyptian Basketball Federation and police to bar fans

Media conflict leads to misunderstanding of selling Baron Empain palace
Antiquities official Youssef Khalifa confirmed that the government currently owns the palace and the heirs were compensated.
Egyptian doctor, wife killed, daughter abducted in Libya
Foreign Ministry warns against travelling to Libya
Egyptian-Greek tourism programme to receive tourists in both countries: Greek Ambassador
Japanese tourist travelling 12,000 km to visit Greece will also be able to visit Egypt without any additional costs according to new agreement

Mehleb witnesses signing of pollution control funding agreement worth âŹ70m: Cabinet
Project to provide technical and financial support to industrial facilities in line with environmental laws for pollution reduction

Nuweiba-Taba investors request postponement of insurance premiums payment to end of 2015: Association Chairman
Decline of Tourism in Nuweiba-Taba led to hotels and companies’ inability to pay insurance dues
Relations with Egypt should be established on intact ground: Turkish official
Turkey has repeatedly expressed opposition to current Egyptian government

CBE to double mortgage initiative to EGP 20bn by 2015: Minister of Housing
Real estate prices in Egypt will not decrease; solution is to increase income and we need 500,000 housing units annually, says real estate expert