Egypt
International Herald Tribune
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Egypt
Egypt arrests top culture officials for taking bribes in antiquity projects
International Herald Tribune
Egypt arrested and charged with bribery Thursday two ranking officials at the Culture Ministry for taking kickbacks from the construction companies restoring the nation's antiquities, a security official said.
Ayman Abdel Moneim, the director of the Cultural Development Fund and the No.2 man in the ministry, and his colleague Hussein Ahmed, were being questioned Thursday by prosecutors, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.
No further details on the nature of the charges or the companies involved were given.
See the above page for further details.
- Culture Ministry Solicits Bids For Grand Egypt Museum's Final Stage
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- Paintings Retrieved
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- More Re Cairo Corruption Case
Egypt Daily Star A brief piece saying that Farouk Hosni is making no statement about the corruption case until it has proceeded through the required legal processes: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will take no sides on a recent corruption case involving...
- Police Detain Group Of Egyptians
http://tinyurl.com/y3f7eo (iht.com) "Prosecutors began investigating five Egyptians Sunday after they were detained while allegedly trying to sell pharaonic antiquities, security officials said. The five included a former archaeologist in the government's...