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The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted former Mubarak-era Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana of corruption charges on Wednesday, Al Masry Al Youm<\/a> reports. The charges, which included granting illegal licenses to tourism companies and making illicit earnings, were leveled against him in a case dating back to 2011. Garana was also acquitted<\/a> in 2017 of two other corruption cases, and faces no more pending charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted former Mubarak-era Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana of corruption charges on Wednesday, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The charges, which included granting illegal licenses to tourism companies and making illicit earnings, were leveled against him in a case dating back to 2011. 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