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Without giving any details, MENA said that "serious allegations" had been made against the three men, as well as against a number of businessmen also banned from travel abroad.
The list was made public 12 days after an 18-day uprising forced Hosni Mubarak to resign as president after 30 years, during which his critics say corruption in Egypt was rampant.
Hosni, an abstract painter, was culture minister from 1987 until January 31 when he was dropped from the government in a reshuffle that Mubarak had hoped would address protesters' demands for change.
He was favoured to become the first Arab head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2009, before it emerged that in 2008 he had suggested the burning of Israeli books in Egyptian libraries -- a remark he later said had been taken out of context.
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The list was made public 12 days after an 18-day uprising forced Hosni Mubarak to resign as president after 30 years, during which his critics say corruption in Egypt was rampant.
Hosni, an abstract painter, was culture minister from 1987 until January 31 when he was dropped from the government in a reshuffle that Mubarak had hoped would address protesters' demands for change.
He was favoured to become the first Arab head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2009, before it emerged that in 2008 he had suggested the burning of Israeli books in Egyptian libraries -- a remark he later said had been taken out of context.
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