I am not sure whether this is strictly news but I am reminded that the usual legalisation fee charged by the Egyptian Consulate (currently £44) will not apply to documents which state a money consideration. An English Notary has reported an attempt to authenticate a loan agreement documenting a maximum loan sum in the region of 50million pounds - the response of the Consulate was to require an authentication stamp payment of £468,000.00.
Moral, see a Notary about foreign documents! (I can't promise to save you half a million every time, mind)