Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt court sentences 683 Morsi’s supporters to death
• 37 death sentences upheld in Minya
• Egypt bans key anti-Mubarak April 6 group
• Al-Jazeera files $150 million compensation claim against Egypt‪
• U.N. rights chiefcriticizes Egypt’s mass death sentences
• Salafi group’s vice-chief referred to investigations over contempt of religions
• Military chief Sobhi‪meets with Greek counterpart –

Tuesday

• Global condemnation‪of Minya mass death sentences
• EU to issue strong statement on Egypt’s mass death sentence verdict
• Prosecution to review Minya court ruling
• FM Fahmy to meet with Kerry
• Foreign Ministry defends judiciary
• Senior U.S. lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military
• Armed forces allocates EGP 1bn to upgrade 31 hospitals

 Wednesday

• Egyptian blogger Bassem Sabry dies
• Concern continues to mount for Minya death sentences
• Brotherhood top leader Badie sentenced to one year for insulting judiciary
• Election commission considers punishing Sabahi for early move
• HRW: Banning 6 April movement is a clear violation of citizens’ rights
• Egypt’s deficit hits 7.1% of GDP in first nine months of current fiscal year
• Egyptians urged not to travel to Saudi Arabiaover fears of deadly MERS virus.

Thursday

• International Criminal Courtrejects Muslim Brotherhood call to probe Egypt.
• An association of Muslim clericscondemns Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood death sentences
• Increasing population is one of Egypt’s main problems: El-Sisi
• Terrorism, justice on top of Sabahy’s electoral programme
• First price hike on water billsfor Egyptian households in nearly a decade
• Cabinet to announce subsidy cuts this month
• Cairo University head bans 173 students from taking final exams ‪

Friday

• One policeman killed, 4 injured in bombing in Cairo court
• 1 killed, 9 injured in two suicide attacks in South Sinai‪
• Foreign Ministry defends Fahmy’s remarks on Egypt – US “marriage”
• Egypt’s two presidential contenders set to launch campaign on Saturday
• Egypt’s governors expected to be reshuffled soon: PM Mahlab
• Three policemen were injured in shooting in Cairo’s Helwan –
• 2 Pro-Morsi protesters killed, 3 injured in Alexandria:MOI

 Saturday

• Sisi, Sabahi began their election campaigns
• ‪Sabahi invites ‪Sisito take part in public debate
• Sisi: If ‪Egypt falls down, it will not rise again
• Poll shows 72% back El-Sisi and 2% back Sabahi
• El-Sisi to appear in first ever TV interview ‪
• 104 Brotherhood members sentenced to 7-10 years over July riots
• Pro-Morsi alliance denounces South Sinai, and Heliopolis bombings
• Al-Jazeera reporter held in Egypt appeals to judge

Sunday

• Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claim responsibility for twin suicide bombing in Egypt
• Egyptian expats can vote without prior registeration
• Salafi Nour partybacks Sisi in presidential elections
• Student groups announce “black week” of protests
• Egyptian government pledges to cut food commodity prices by 30% over the next 3 months
• 76 Al-Azhar students expelled from university

Good Reports:

• Egypt’s trade unions divided over presidential campaigns. Jano Charbel
• Exact replica of Tutankhamen’s tomb is unveiled in Egypt. Patrick Kingsley
•  In Egypt-US Relations, Counterterrorism trumps human rights. The Brics Post
• Looming energy crisis again confronts Egypt’s leaders. David Kirkpatrick

On Mass Death Sentences:

• Egypt: Fresh assault on justice. HRW
• Egypt unfair trial, death sentences make Mockery of justice. Amnesty

Interviews

• Highlight of Robert Seigel’s interview with Egypt’s FM Nabil Fahmy
• An hour with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt’s Foreign Minister
• IMF chief says Egypt’s reforms are “a must”

Good Read

• Egypt’s War on honest language. Steven Cook
• The U.S. and Egypt begin to recalculate their relationship. Hussein Ibish
• The politicization of Egypt’s judiciary amidst the “war on terror.” Mai El-Sadany
• Hang them all. The Economist
• Congress sours U.S. ties with Egypt. The National
• Emergence and influence of political Salafism in Egypt. Tore Hamming

Plus:

• A timeline of the deadly MERS virus‪
• The Egyptian government launches a website on presidential candidates. Arabic

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt