(Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide sentenced to death in Egypt – Photo via reuters)
Main Headlines
Main Headlines
Monday
- Saudi journalist slams Egyptian protests against Yemen strikes
- Five injured in drive-by shooting at a church in Alexandria
- Founder of Islamist militant group Ajnad Misr was killed: Police spokesman
- Al-Azhar presses charges against controversial TV preacher
- Egypt to receive Gulf deposits in two weeks
- Egypt’s interior ministry calls on citizens to report police abuse
- Tobacco association submits bill to Egypt Cabinet to legalize hash
- Cairo reduces Tahrir garage parking fees for downtown residents
Tuesday
- Moody upgrades Egypt’s credit rating to B3
- Egypt’s currency reserves have edged down to $15.29 billion in March
- Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan decries 600 days in prison without trial
- Second meeting between Mehleb, political parties on electoral amendments was inconclusive
- Egypt’s 6 April group pen new document for a change in strategy
- Egyptian foreign minister heads to Rome for Libya-related talks
- Egypt sees 3% more tourists in the first quarter of 2015
- Egypt’s TV presenter Reem Maged will be back to screen after long hiatus
Wednesday
- An Egyptian procurement of 356 AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II missiles has been cleared by the State Department
- Egypt bans import of all foreign- made Egyptian souvenirs
- Egypt refers two policemen to criminal court over torturing civilian to death
- Over 1,000 Egyptians evacuated from Yemen
- IAEA is paying close attention to Egypt’s planned nuclear plant
- Shell to buy BG for $70 billion, gets access to Egypt’s operation
- Egypt’s cabinet approved a LE 400 million compensation for Sinai’s buffer zone residents
Thursday
- Egypt militant group has confirmed the death of its leader
- Turkey’s Erdogan says Egypt should free Morsi before it can restores ties
- Italy, Egypt, and Algeria to intensify collaboration over Libya
- Egypt’s urban consumer inflation rises to 11.5% in March
- Egypt’s new administrative capital deal to be announced soon
- French firm is likely to conduct studies of Ethiopian dam
- Egypt to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence
- Arabic
- Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman attacked after praising the Egyptian army
Friday
- Egypt calls on anti-IS coalition to intervene in Libya
- Egyptian and Saudi defense ministers discuss Yemen
- Moody’s upgrades deposit ratings for five Egyptian banks
- 1200 Egyptians were evacuated from Yemen
- Studies on effects of the Ethiopian Dam will be completed within 11 months
- IFC plans up to $2 billion investment in Egyptian infrastructure
- Egypt’s president appoints new head of key financing watchdog
Saturday
- Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to death
- 64 were referred to military prosecution for belonging to armed Brotherhood ‘special unit
- Egyptian low-ranking police officer shoots colleagues over disagreement
- Political parties and government officials exchange fire over Egypt’s parliamentary election
- PM Mehleb orders poll over implementing Daylight saving time
Sunday
- Egyptian defense minister announces reshuffle of top Egyptian military officers
- 14 people were killed in separate operations in North Sinai
- Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claim responsibility claims responsibility for roadside bomb that killed six Egyptian soldiers in North Sinai
- S. condemns life sentence against American-Egyptian Mohamed Soltan
- Egypt Muslim Brotherhood verdicts ‘blatantly unjust’: Human Rights Watch
- Egyptian prosecutor-general denies torture inside Abu-Zaabel prison
- Egypt syndicate stands by journalists in ‘Rabaa operations room’ case
- Journalist was arrested after he published critical articles of the police
- Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy signs a book deal
Good Reports
- A freelance photojournalist forgotten behind prison walls. Mai Shams El-Din
- No united front: Mixed messages from the Muslim Brotherhood on violence. Omar Said
- American Civil War vets found success, blame during unique service in Egypt. Betsy Hiel
- In Egypt, ex-military men fire up Islamist insurgency. Yara Bayoumy
- Egypt’s ambassador to Yemen won’t rule out ground troops. Enas Hamed
Good read
- Washington and Cairo. Steven Cook
- Obama has wrecked S.-Egypt ties Eric Trager
- Egypt and Yemen 53 years later.Yasmine Farouk
- In Egypt, Copts are being persecuted again. Samuel Tadros
- A show of firmness. Al-Ahram Weekly
- Crucifixion and liberation in Cairo. Jayson Casper
Photo Gallery
- One of Egypt’s most dangerous jobs
- Egypt’s oldest parks
- Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads Easter Eve mass
Statements
- Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Conviction and Sentencing of American Citizen Mohamed Sultan
- Egypt-based militant group Ajnad Misr confirm the death of its leader
Interview
- Q&A with military expert Robert Springborg on U.S. aid to Egypt. Isabel Esterman
Egypt in Tweets
Plus
- Egypt: Journalist defends taking her son to work
- Why is Sham El-Nasim being celebrated on the day after Easter?
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News.
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