(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
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• 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