(Egypt’s economic conference, via Ahram online)

Main Headlines

Monday

• Two banks attacked by masked assailants in Alexandria
• Egypt temporarily reopens Rafah border crossing
• Egypt supports UN political solution in in Libya
• Court date set for Mubarak’s presidential palaces retrial
• Individual seats might increase for Egypt’s next parliament
• ‪Egypt‪ agrees to 80% of UN Human Rights Council’s recommendations
• Arabtec to start Egypt’s housing project within days
• BP makes second significant gas discovery in Egypt’s East Mediterranean coast
• ‪‪Egypt sets price for shale gas at $5.45 per mmBtu

Tuesday

• Bombing wounds 25 Egyptian policemen in Sinai http://t.co/RGTNQ4jgce
• Second attack in Egypt’s Sinai kills a military officer
• Roadside bomb kills in Egpt’s Sinai 3 soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
• Two killed, four others injured while making Molotov cocktails in greater Cairo
• 9 suspected militants killed in clashes with security forces in North Sinai ‪
• Two killed in blast after attempting to plant bomb in Fayoum
• Turkey accuses Egypt, UAE of ‘libellous’ claims that it shipped weapons to Libya
• Belly dancer Safinaz to face trial over Egyptian flag custome

 Wednesday

• Egypt sets appeal date for case declaring Palestinian Hamas a terrorist group
• Egypt to introduce tax reforms under investment drive
• Small bomb explodes, 2 dismantled outside court in Heliopolis
• Egypt hit by new fuel shortage
• Egyptian court sentences four to prison for notorious dog killing
• Al-Watan report on tax evasion by state institutions was censored

Thursday

• Egypt’s President arrives in Sharm El-Sheikh ahead of economic conference
• Senior Egyptian officials discuss security plan ahead of economic conference
• Washington stalls shipment of military aid to Egypt
• Egypt’s El-Sisi ratifies amendment to corruption-related criminal law
• Egypt arrests ‘Revolutionary Punishment’s social media manager
• Mubarak sons attend first trial session since release
• Minor explosions rocks Maadi

Friday

• International leaders gather for Egypt’s economic conference
• John Kerry arrives in ‪Sharm el-Sheikh to attend Egypt’s economic conference
• Ethiopian Prime Minister arrives in Sharm el-Sheikh for economic conference
• Kerry to meet in Egypt with Palestinian leader and Jordanian King
• Three Persian Gulf nations pledge a total of $12 billion in aid for Egypt
• IMF chief Lagarde praises Egypt’s economic reforms, asks for more
• International Expert: Improvement in credit rating of Egypt depends on the outcome of the economic conference
• Turkey absent from Economic Summit after strained diplomacy with Egypt
• ‪Egypt‪ plans to build new administrative capital east of Cairo

 Saturday

• ‪‪ Egypt signs energy deals worth over $40billion with international investors
• BP and Egypt seal $12 billion deal
• Egypt and Siemens sign $10 billion power plant deals
• Kerry: Decision soon on unfreezing military aid to Egypt
• PepsiCo to invest 500 millions in Egypt this year
• Italy’s Eni signs heads of agreement with Egypt worth $5 billion over 4-5 years
• Egyptian tycoon says his family to invest billions in Egypt
• An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood

 Sunday 

• Egypt set to start work on new capital city in as little as 50 days
• Egypt signed investment deals worth more than $138 billion on the first two days of its economic summit
• Time is crucial, we need to move fast: El-Sisi
• Prime Minister lays out ‪Egypt’s plan for economic reform ‪
• Housing minister signs agreements worth 13.5 billion
• Cairo bomb explosion kills a garbage collector and his donkey
• Egypt’s Socialist Popular Alliance files legal complaint against Ministry of Interior
• Summit on Ethiopia dam in ‪Khartoum on 23 March: Sudanese FM
• Consultancy firm to be selected by Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan in days

 Good Reports

• Are economic indicators pointing to broader economic recovery? Isabel Esterman
• Cairo’s Mother Theresa serves children of Egypt’s slums. Associated Press
• Sinai population still striving for basic rights as unrest continues: Report Ahmed Eleiba
• Egypt’s dollar shortage squeezes private wheat importers. Shadi Bushra
• Banned politician monitored Egypt’s election. Brian Whitaker

Good Read

• Five challenges are facing the economic conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
• Sharm El-Sheikh rumbles with grand promises of the international elite Jack Shenker
• Explosive messages Amira Howeidy
• What Egypt should realistically expect from the economic development conference Mohamed el-Dahshan
• Looking up the Nile. The Economist
• Turkey and Egypt ‘s Great Game in the Middle East. Soner Cagaptay and Marc Sievers
• A new era for Egypt’s military . Gilad Wenig
• Chasing Mirages in the desert. Khaled Fahmy

 Profile

• Egypt’s Muhammad Abdellah. Chief of Staff of the Third Army

Video

• Invest in Egypt
• Sisi’s interview with Fox News
• Egypt reveals plan for a new capital ‪

Interview

• Al-Monitor interviews Egypt’s Aboul Fotouh

 Photo Essay

• Egypt’s economic conference

Tweets about Egypt’s Economic Summit 

Plus

• Egypt’s blue print for stability, investment, and growth
• Ancient Egyptian tombs with eye-popping murals is discovered in Luxor

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt