Main Headlines

Monday

• At least 24 policemen killed in blast in Sinai
• Sinai killings  are a cover up for murder of Brotherhood detainees – spokesman
• 255 Brotherhood members detained pending investigations
• Egypt prosecutor detains Morsi for 15 days in new case
• HRW condemns excessive use of lethal force
• US carrier passes through Suez Canal, despite tensions

Tuesday

• Egypt arrests spiritual leader of Muslim Brotherhood
• ElBaradei faces court for ‘betrayal of trust’
• Erdogan: Israel is behind Egypt coup.
•  Muslim Brotherhood names Mahmoud Ezzat temporary leader
• Egyptian cabinet slams Turkish PM, says its ‘running out of patience’
• Islamist alliance encourages civil disobedience

Wednesday

• Egyptian court orders the release of Mubarak
• Ousted Egyptian leader Mubarak to be put under house arrest
• Excluding Islamists in Egypt could lead to violence: Nour party head
• Security forces arrest 36 more Brotherhood members
• Former Brotherhood leader Mohamed Habib unleashes on Morsi
• Qatar to send remaining liquefied gas shipments to Egypt

 Thursday

• Mubarak flown from prison to hospital-sources –
• NSF rejects drafted amended parliamentary articles in Constitution
• Rebel campaign blames Morsi for Mubarak’s release order
• Egyptians rally at White House denouncing Brotherhood, and Obama
• Anti-coup alliance calls for mass protests on Friday
• Police arrest Muslim Brotherhood’s Hassan al-Brens

Friday

• Egypt security deploys as Morsi’s supporters rally
• Egypt’s bruised Brotherhood fails to show street power
• Skirmishes erupt in Nile Delta on ‘Friday of Martyrs’
• 203 terrorists arrested in Sinai: Army
• US State Department remains vague on aid to Egypt
• Egyptian forces demolish smugglers’ homes near Gaza border
• Morsi supporters abduct TV crew: Channel editor

 Saturday

• Egypt shorten the curfew as unrest over coup wanes
• Another Brotherhood leader arrested in Cairo
• Detained pro-Brotherhood preacher Hegazy charged with attempted murder
• Not a coup, but popular revolution: Egypt’s Sabbahi
• Egypt reopens Rafah crossing to Gaza: Hamas
• Interior Minister hopes Al-Jazeera will be shut down
• General Prosecutor refers case against political activists to State Security

Sunday

• Egyptian court adjourns trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders
• Mubarak retrial postponed to 14 September pending investigations
• Mohamed El-Zawahiri’s henchman is captured
• Egypt arrests sons of Muslim Brotherhood leaders
• Curfew costing Cairo’s metro LE500k daily
• Attack on Minya theatre

Two recent interesting polls:

Baseera poll and Pew Research Center

Great Read

 Three interesting pieces about Egypt’s proposed constitution:

• Mrs. Lincoln’s Egyptian Constitution – By Nathan J. Brown
• Egypt’s Constitutional morass  Zaid Al-Ali
• 22 key points in Egypt’s new draft constitution

Plus:

• Egypt’s coup and the Saudi opposition By Madawi Al-Rasheed
• The army tighten its grip  The Economist
• How Hamas helped Morsi escape. Bradley Hope

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt