Main headlines

 Monday

• Triple attacks in Egypt following day of clashes
• Prosecutor general initiates investigation into violence of the last 2 days
• Egypt’s stocks climb to 8-Month high as investors ignore violence
• Canadians freed in Egypt still face travel ban travel ban
• Prosecutor general asks Interpol to arrest Brotherhood’s deputy guide Mahmoud Ezzat
• Egypt’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia to ‘thank’ the kingdom

Tuesday

• Egypt’s general Sisi leaves open possibility of running for president in interview with local newspaper
• Egypt to seize Muslim Brotherhood’s funds
• Egypt cuts IMF delegation in political protest
• Anti-army protests staged at Egyptian universities
• Canadian Ambassador meets Prosecutor to discuss Loubani, and Greyson case
• Unverified video shows masked men attacking Egypt’s satellite
• PM’s advisor says no deal with Brotherhood in sight

Wednesday

• U.S. plan to curb military aid to Egypt
• IMF ready to work with Egypt’s government: Lagarde
• Egypt’s satirist Bassem Youssef back after long hiatus
• Anti-military anger still resonates at Maspero vigil
• Tight security measures around Cairo University amidst fear of Brotherhood protests
• Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claims responsibility for South Sinai attack

Thursday

• US decision to halt some aid to Egypt is wrong – Foreign Ministry spokesman |
• U.S. is not serving ties with Egypt through aid cuts –
• Suicide bomber kills 4 in Egypt’s Sinai
• Trial date set for ex-president Morsi
• Military articles still unresolved: Constitution amending committee
• UAE to try 30 Emirati, and Egyptian Islamists on Nov 5

Friday

• Scattered anti-coup protests held in Egypt
• Friday protests to avoid Tahrir square
• At least 12 die while attempting to cross Mediterranean from Egypt
• Six blasts target military vehicles in Sinai: Witnesses
• One protestor killed at Rabaa Al-Adawiya –
• Anti-coup alliance demands are unrealistic: Al-Nour party
• Al-Qaida leader Zawahiri urges Egypt’s Islamists to unite

Saturday

• Egypt hires top lobbyist K Street  after U.S. aid suspension
• IMF praises Egypt stimulus plan, points to challenges ahead
• Egypt detains 14 for “homosexual acts” at medical center
• Mahalla workers to continue strike if not paid by Sunday
• Hundreds of students protest demanding release of detained colleagues
• Salafi Nour Party says communication with Muslim Brotherhood failed due to insistence on “losing issues”

Sunday

• Military plane crashes near Luxor killing one
• Former president Morsi to be detained for further 30 days detained over prison break
• U.S. citizen has been found hanged in Egypt police cell
• Prosecution investigates complaint against Rasd news website for alleged army chief leaks
• 50-member committee will vote on draft constitution in November: spokesperson
• Syrian community in Egypt is established
• Yemeni security chief arrives in Egypt

Good Reports

•  A run-down of terrorism in Egypt by Nour Youssef
• Desert Fury: A report on the army counter-insurgency in Sinai by Louisa Loveluck

Good Read:

• The Muslim Brotherhood has to consider its position in post-Morsi Egypt. H.A. Hellyer
• US-Egypt’s relations: It’s time to go. Steven Cook
•  Obama has just made a terrible mistake on Egypt. Eric Trager
• The revolution that Egypt needs Ahmed Zewail

Plus:

• Interview with Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi Part 1
• Interview with Defence Minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Part II
• Leaked sound clip from general Sisi interview with AMAY

And finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt

As for this week’s thoughts, it will be published tomorrow.