Egypt's cabinet approves new budget - minister
The Daily Star Wednesday 16th May, 2012
CAIRO: Egypt's government submitted its final draft budget for 2012/2013 to the state's military rulers on Wednesday, increasing spending by 17.7 billion Egyptian pounds from a previously announced figure earlier this month. Once approved by the army that took over power after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak last year by an uprising, the budget will be sent to the country's newly elected parliament, where it is likely to face heated de...
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