Main Headlines

 Monday

• Fresh clashes between Al-Azhar students and police
• Egypt army says jihadist leader killed in Sinai
• Egypt court acquits Qaddafi’s cousin
• Strong Egypt Party calls for a “no” vote in the upcoming referendum
• 15 killed in a gasoline truck explosion in Egypt’s Nile delta
• Al-Azhar Supreme Clerical Committee accepts el-Qaradawi’s resignation
• Egypt’s budget deficit  hits $10.8 billions in Jul-Oct 2013
• Egypt’s criminal court adjourns trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders to February 11
• Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, 24 others referred to criminal courts
• 100s of Egyptian police stage rare protest

Tuesday

• Clashes hit second university in Egypt
• Court orders release of ex-Brotherhood guide Akef; other charges keep him in prison
• Egyptian urban inflation soars
• Business tycoon Sawiris: Armed chief Sisi must run for president-Arabic
• Egypt releases 100 Palestinian refugesdisplaced from Syria
• Egypt’s ex-PM El-Ganzouri publishes his memoirs
• Police enter universities upon persistent requests
• Kuwaitrenews aid pledge to Egypt despite domestic protest
• Abul Fotouh’s party demands referendum guarantees
• Egyptian President amends election law for overseas voters

Wednesday

• Clashes between students and security forces continue
• Brotherhood students clash with security in Al-Azhar university dormitories
• Cairo University’s Faculty of Engineering dean, and deputies resign
• Al-Azhar: Classes and exams will take place under any circumstances
• Judge recuses himselffrom Brotherhood leaders’ trial
• Army chief Al-Sisi meets U.S. military commander
• Egyptian Bourseinches up despite students and police clashing
• GCC to reiterate support for “Egyptian people’s choice”

Thursday

• Car bomb at police camp in Egypt’s Ismailia leaves one dead
• Constitution Party neutral on charter referendum
• Egypt providing training grantsfor Nile Basin engineers for Hydraulic engineering (Arabic)
• Al-Jazeera denies report its Cairo office was raided
• EU grants Egypt $380mn for development projects
• Resignation season: Disputes fracture emerging Egyptian parties

 Friday

• Winter brings snow to Cairo
• Policeman killed in car bomb in the canal city of Ismailia
• Government has responsibility to protect Human Rights: US state department
• Egyptian delegation to Iran receives warm welcome
• Pro-Morsi alliance to escalate protests in January
• China downgrades travel warning to Egypt

Saturday 

• President announces referendumon Egyptian constitution on 14, 15 January
• Ex-Chief of Staff Sami Anan to testify in Mubarak trial
• 511 student protests in November: Democracy Meter
• Egyptian court overturns steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz’s 37 years sentence
• Presidential decree allows for reconciliation in tax disputes reconciliation in tax disputes
• Iron and Steel workers strike a deal with the government

 Sunday

• Independent coalition ends Brotherhood’s control of Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate
• Elections Commission says only 6 International organizationswere allowed to monitor referendum
• 3 out of 5 on ‘all-Egyptian’ constitution banner likely aren’t Egyptian
• Around 27 countries ease or lift travel warnings travel warningon Egypt
• Egypt to repay part of debt to oil companiesin Egyptian pounds
• Egypt’s Nilesat shut down 10 “sectarian” Islamist channelsin 2013

 2013 Constitution

• Amnesty International: Egypt constitution draft – Improved text amid ongoing violations
• Videa: Nathan Brown speaks to Egypt Source about Egypt’s new draft Constitution
• Interview: New constitution fails to delimit state and Islam. Dina Ezzat ‪
• Amr Moussa defends Egypt’s draft constitution
• Inside Egypt’s draft constitution: Role of Sharia redefined. Nada Hussain Rashwan
• Inside Egypt’s draft constitution: Progress on key freedom. Ayat al-Tawy
• New constitution expands social and economic rights, but grey areas remain. Rena Muhammad Taha, and Hend Kortam

 Good Reports:

• HRW: Egypt: No acknowledgment or justice for mass protester killings
• Political sentencing and the Alexandria 21 women. Fady Ashraf

Photo gallery/ Video

• In Pictures: CSF clash with students in front of Cairo University
• Egypt’s surprising snowfallsshocks many

Good Read

• Egypt’s legitimacy test
• Egypt: Mockery. Steven Cook
• Egypt’s others. Mahmoud Salem
• The Egyptian lobbies. H. A. Hellyer
• Egypt’s mythical “law and order.” Mina Fayek
• What makes Egypt’s al-Nour Salafists tick? Abdullah Kamal
• Egypt’s future: Ace, king, queen, jack, and joker. Alfred Raouf

Plus:

• English Translation of al-Sisi’s alleged leaked audio. Omar kamel
• Daily’s telegraph report on Sisi’s audio leak. Richard Spencer

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt

Note: the articles and reports are picked because they are worth reading, and do not reflect my own opinion.