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Egypt News - July 6, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 05 July 2014

The Egyptian government trims its energy subsidies causing fuel prices to soar up to 70%, exasperating the public - Los Angeles Times

Egypt premier defends steep rise in fuel prices, says the lifting of energy subsidies would free $7 billion to be spent on social reforms - AP

Surge in fuel prices threatens food commodities: Activist - Daily News Egypt

Sudden energy subsidies cut will create lower-middle class outcry, increase poverty: Economist - Daily News Egypt

Egypt cuts natural gas subsidies to factories - Reuters

Egypt's deficit hits 9.3% of GDP in first 11 months of current fiscal year - Ahram Online

Egypt faces food imports as population increases, water grows scarce - THE DAILY STAR

Egypt to start implementing capital gains tax on Sunday - Ahram Online

Egypt to tax people and corporations on income earned abroad - Ahram Online

Egyptian army gives 1 billion pounds to El-Sisi's initiative - Ahram Online

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Muslim Brotherhood leader handed life sentence, on top of death penalty - RT News

VIDEO: Ten more Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in Egypt - euronews

Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi - Amnesty International

VIDEO: Amnesty International warns of catastrophe in Egypt - YouTube

Egypt’s secret prison: ‘disappeared’ face torture in Azouli military jail - The Guardian

The Morsi secretary on foreign relations Khaled al-Qazzaz has been in extralegal detention since July, His article was smuggled from the prison where he is held - NYTimes.com

One Year Later: Human Rights in Egypt - atlanticcouncil.org

Peter Greste’s mother describes ordeal of visiting her son in Egyptian prison - theguardian.com

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy convicted in Egypt in hospital for arm surgery, the harsh prison conditions means the state of the limb “worsened drastically” - The Globe and Mail

ARCHIVE: Egyptian president ignores Obama call for clemency over al-Jazeera journalists - The Guardian

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