rged with abuse of power and graft. (Reuters) The Muslim Brotherhood announced in a statement that it will not participate in the Friday protests. (Al-Ahram, Egypt) Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf promoted his interim government's achievements on Wednesday. He appealed to Egyptians to give his gove

e also informed Asharq Al-Awsat that "some goods, such as cars, can be taxed as much as 25 percent, in addition to a $2,000 flat fee." The Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper estimated that 13,000 cars were smuggled into the Gaza Strip via the tunnels in 2011. The source stressed that Hamas taxes every item tha

MFO) based in Sinai. MFO spokesman Kathleen Riley denied the attack outright, calling it an E FTA_R1_00298254 EFTA01883835 "inaccurate report." Al-Ahram, a state owned newspaper, ran a similarly dubious story on Friday, claiming that 60 "terrorists" had been killed in airstrikes. No bodies were ever