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The Cairo Court of Cassation acquitted Mubarak-era Tourism Minister Zoheir <\/strong>Garana of charges of corruption<\/strong>, profiteering and squandering public money on Tuesday, Ahram Online<\/a> reports. The ruling overturns a five-year prison sentence against Garana back in 2014, when a Cairo criminal court found him guilty of buying land in Ain Sokhna resort of Gamsha in violation of the Auctions Act. The Court of Cassation \u2014 the nation\u2019s highest appeals court \u2014 acquitted two other defendants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cairo Court of Cassation acquitted Mubarak-era Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana of charges of corruption, profiteering and squandering public money on Tuesday, Ahram Online reports. 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