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LEGISLATION WATCH- House approves amendments for tougher anti-terror legislation:<\/strong> The House of Representatives greenlit in a plenary session yesterday proposed amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, and referred them to Maglis El Dawla (State Council) for a final legal review, Masrawy reports<\/a>. The changes received committee-level approval a day earlier<\/a>. They aim to expand the definition of terrorist financing, and come at a time when Egypt\u2019s legal framework against money laundering and funding terrorism is subject to a review by the the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force. The AP<\/a> and Asharq Al Awsat<\/a> both took note of the law\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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