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News Coverage

prepared for: The European Union delegation

to Egypt

Disclaimer:

“This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The

contents of this document are the sole responsibility of authors of articles and under no

circumstances are regarded as reflecting the position of IPSOS or the European Union.”

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Thematic Headlines

Domestic Scene Abu-Ismail: SCAF Interferes in Constitution Drafting

CBE Denies Mubarak Looted $9 Billion

Barricade No. 9 Built around Interior Ministry

US Embassy Warns National: Don’t Resist Thieves

Clashes Renewed In Tahrir

EU Envoy meets PA members

Egyptians Divided Over Feb 11 Civil Disobedience

Interior Ministry Prepares For Transferring Mubarak to Tora

A New Law for Regulating Demonstrations

Farouk Discusses Presidential Election Law

Shura Election results

Article 28 in the Constitutional Declaration

Updates on the Case of NGOs and Foreign Funds

Potential Presidential Candidates Protest at the Supreme Constitutional Court

Mansour Hassan not Sure Yet

30 Thugs Identified

The Freedom and Justice Party Leads

Troops Back on the Streets

El-Ganzouri is Playing Games

MB Supreme Guide: We Will Reach Agreement with Political Forces on Presidential

Candidate We Will Support

Port Said Residents Form Human Shields to Protect Suez Canal

Tantawi: Egypt is at a Critical Juncture

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam: Do Not Let our Country Bow Down

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Newspapers (09/02/2011)

Pages: 1, 5 Author: Imad al-Fiqi and others

Updates on the Case of NGOs and Foreign Funds

The Egyptian Judicial Authorities uncovered a plan to divide Egypt and documents that

prove the charges against the suspected NGOs.

In an attempt to contain the situation, US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the

joint chief of staff is to arrive in Cairo within days.

In a press conference held yesterday, Judges Sameh Abu Zaid and Ashraf Ashmawi,

who are in charge of the investigations in the NGOs case, declared that the investigation

committee confiscated detailed maps of Egypt in the headquarters of the American April 7

Organization. There were hand-made lines on the maps dividing Egypt into four parts. There

were also maps of churches’ locations and reports about the locations of the Armed forces in

Ismailiya and Suez. The judges asserted that the decision to uncover the secret bank accounts

and the suspects’ names was taken after thorough investigations and after hearing the

witnesses’ testimonies.

They also declared that all the suspected NGOs had applied for authorizations and their

applications were rejected. However, they illegally started their activities. Al-Ashmawi and Abu

Zaid also declared that the activities of the concerned NGOs were political and not social.

Moreover, their foreign staff had no job permission in Egypt.

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The two judges declared that the five American NGOs spent US $ 55 billion in the

period between March and December, 2011, while the two German NGOs spent two million

and six hundred Euros in the same period. The foreign funds donated to the suspected

Egyptian NGOs were US $ 85 million.

The foreign suspects are not allowed to leave Egypt and the names of the nine suspects

who had escaped are listed on the airport watch list.

For the first time to comment on the issue, PM Kamal al-Ganzouri asserted that Egypt

will not surrender under any pressure.

Similar news was reported in al-Akhbar, p. 11 +

Al-Akhbar also reported on 67 evidences that prove the illegal activities of the suspected NGOs.

On the American side, the US Secretary of State announced having received the related

document s including and the official claim of 100 pages. “Now we have an official claim,”

Victoria Nuland declared.

In what al-Akhbasr’s Ahmad Majdi called “indirect American reaction to the NGO case,” the

American Embassy in Cairo posted a report on NGOs in the United States on its official website.

The report explains how NGOs allegedly function in the United States. The report starts

praising the nongovernmental activities and their important role in the flourishing of

democracy.

On the German side, Safa Nawar and Mustafa Abduh reported on the German Press reactions

to the decision to prevent two German citizens from leaving Egypt. Head of the suspected

German Konrad Adenauer in Egypt and his assistant are on the list of suspects who are

prevented to leave Egypt.

Head of the German Academic Exchange Service [DAAD] declared that the NGOs case would

not affect the cooperation in the field of education.

Similar news was reported in al-Shurouk, pp. 1, 3, 4; al-Masri al-yom, pp. 1,4; al-Tahrir, pp. 1, 8; al-Yom al-Sabei, p. 1, 4.

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Pages: 3 Author: Abeer al-Mursi

Mansour Hassan not Sure Yet

Head of the Advisory Council Mansour Hassan said he would decide whether or not to

nominate himself for the presidential elections.

Hassan advised SCAF to supervise a process to release the tension in Port Said and to draw

urgent plans to ensure the security of the people of Port Said.

Mansour also thanked SCAF for the prompt response to the Advisory Council’s

recommendations.

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Page: 1 Author: Ahmed Shalabi

CBE Denies Mubarak Looted $9 Billion

The public funds prosecution received a report from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on

a bank account of a $9 billion credit, alleged to be at the disposal of former president Hosni

Mubarak.

The amount is deposited at the CBE in the name of the Egyptian government, judicial

sources told Al-Masry Al-Yom.

The former president has not withdrawn any funds from the account in question,

sources said.

The Finance Ministry was aware of existence of the bank account but had no supervisory

power over it, the sources noted, adding the money was originally a non-repayable grant

offered by five Arab countries.

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Page: 3 Author: Hamdi Dabash

Abu-Ismail: SCAF Interferes in Constitution Drafting

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is exercising pressure on political

parties, including Islamist ones, to add some articles to the constitution that give privileges to

SCAF, said Presidential candidate Hazem Abul-Ismail.

SCAF is interfering in the constitution to ensure privileges in the final draft, Abu-Ismail

said during an interview aired on Al-Arabiya News channel.

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Page: 3 Author: Bassant Zeineddin

US Embassy Warns National: Don’t Resist Thieves

The US embassy in Cairo warned its nationals of the growing rate of car theft in Egypt.

The embassy advised its nationals not to resist thieves when attempting to steal their

cars.

Car thefts usually take place late or in the early hours of the morning, the embassy said,

adding new cars were the mainly targets for looters.

It also urged US nationals to avoid driving in rural areas, jammed streets and garages.

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Page: 5 Author: Hisham Omar Abdel-Halim, Mohamed Fares and Mohamed el-Omda

Barricade No. 9 Built around Interior Ministry

Relative calm reigned over the vicinity of the Interior Ministry premises in Downtown

Cairo after Armed Forces personnel erected the ninth concrete barricade to separate between

security forces and protesters.

Life is gradually getting back to normal in Downtown’s Mansour and Mohamed

Mahmoud streets for the first time since Thursday.

The number of protesters near the Interior Ministry premises has decreased significantly

after the construction of the ‘separation wall’ in addition to the cold weather.

Traffic flow was back in Tahrir on Wednesday evening as protesters continued their sit-

in in the central park of the square. Some altercations took place with the heavy presence of

street vendors.

A number of political powers tried to persuade the protesters to leave the area but all

attempts were in vain.

Similar news was reported in Al-Tahrir (page 6) and Al-Dostour (page 3)

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Page: 3 Author: Abd Al-Raziq Tawfik

Tantawi: Egypt is at a Critical Juncture

Lieutenant General Sami Anan, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and Deputy Head of

SCAF, held a meeting with Minister of Higher Education Dr. Hussein Mostafa, along with the

head and deans of Helwan University and deans of the faculties of Al-Azhar University, at the

headquarters of the Ministry of Defense.

Anan presented the huge efforts exerted by Armed Forces since the beginning of the

January 25 revolution to preserve the security and stability of the country during this critical

phase. He confirmed that the Armed Forces do not intend to remain in power and will hand

over power to a civilian elected authority according to the timeline set.

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Head of the Supreme Council of Armed

Forces, confirmed that Egypt is at a critical juncture. “We must be aware of this. Each of us is

responsible for fulfilling the role he was assigned in order to protect Egypt and its stability,”

Tantawi said.

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Page: 3. Author: Mohamed Zine El-Abdine.

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam: Do Not Let our Country Bow Down

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb called on Egyptians to refrain from

participating in the general strike and fulfill their duties towards their families, work and their

country.

He said that Egypt’s economic conditions are highly unstable due to the revolutionary

events that took place.

He called on Egyptians not to put pressure on the economy of the country by this strike. “There

are those who want our country to bow down and beg for assistance from other countries. Do

not listen to calls for sabotage and disruption of work made by some young people who were

fooled to think this is the right action,” said Al-Tayyeb

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Page: 3 Author: Mohamed El-Sawy, Ahmed Ghonim, and Mostafa Abd El-Nasser

Clashes Renewed In Tahrir

Clashes around the Interior Ministry renewed after a state of relative calm that prevailed

following five days of clashes. The number of protestors in the Interior Ministry vicinity

decreased greatly after residents stopped a march heading towards the Ministry.

A number of MPs and revolution movement representatives visited Tahrir and nearby

Streets to make sure CSF had retreated.

Protestors inside Tahrir square chanted against FJP and Nour Salafi Party, who won the

Parliamentary majority, but took no serious steps to achieve the demands of the revolution.

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Page: 5 Author: Sobhy Abd El-Salam

EU Envoy meets PA members

Representatives of the European Union met with PA members from the Foreign

Relations Committee for the first time. The Foreign Relations Committee is headed by Essam El-

Erian.

EU Special Envoy, Bernardino admitted that they made mistakes in their relations with

Egypt, as their relations to some civil society organizations in Egypt contributed to dictatorship

in the country.

Similar news was reported in Akhbar page 6

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Page: 6 Author: Yassmine Fawaz, Mohamed El-Sawy, Mohamed Faisal

Article 28 in the Constitutional Declaration

The distorted constitutional state still poses a problem on the presidential elections.

There are fears that the presidential election results might be deemed unconstitutional for

article 28 in the constitutional declaration states that the decision of the Presidential Election

Commission are final and cannot be contested. This strips presidential candidates from their

legal right to resort to the Judiciary over the results.

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Page: 1. Authors: Safiya Hamdi, Khaled Werbi (and others).

El-Ganzouri is Playing Games

SCAF’s attempts to manipulate the people by claiming that the door for candidacy for presidential elections will be opened next month have failed. During a press conference he held yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Kamal El-Ganzouri said “the regime will remain until June 30 (..) As the ruling authority, the military council insists on the timeline set and will not leave power until June 30.”

El-Ganzouri explained that the political map for the transitional period is clear. The Shoura Council elections will be concluded, then the door for candidacy for presidential elections will be opened on March 10, and at the same time the Constituent Assembly will be formed to draft the constitution.

Referring to the Port Said massacre, El-Ganzouri said that Arab countries and the West do not wish to see Egypt become a strong country, “but Egypt will not bow down and we will pass this crisis.” He considered the success achieved by his government during the past months to be the reason for an indirect attack against the country at this time.

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The Prime Minister did not consider security chaos to be one of the reasons for the Port Said massacre, Al-Tahrir journalists wrote. He contradicted himself when he said that Egypt is facing a crisis and praised at the same time his government.

Political experts said El-Ganzouri did not provide solutions for the crises of diesel fuel or propane tankers. They believe he also failed completely to restore security in the country, which is apparent in the increasing rate of armed robberies, kidnapping and killing.

Dr. Hassan Abo Taleb, political expert, said El-Ganzouri is obviously confusing the army and SCAF because “he considers both of them to be one entity which cannot be separated. Thus, he does not understand how the people can demand the overthrow of the military council,” Abo Talib said.

Dr. Yosri Al-Ezbawi, political science researcher, said El-Ganzouri should have been more transparent and talked about the reality of what happened in the MOI and the Port Said clashes. Al-Ezbawi denied that El-Ganzouri’s government was able to achieve anything since he came to power.

Similar news was reported in: Al-Shorouk: Page 7; Al-Dostour: Page 1; Al-Ahram: Page 3; Al-Akhbar: Page 4.

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Page: 1 Author: Not mentioned

MB Supreme Guide: We Will Reach Agreement with Political Forces on Presidential Candidate We Will Support

In an interview with Reuters, the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei

said that the organization did not yet determine the presidential candidate they will support.

He said this matter will be decided after the period of registering formally for presidency is

complete.

Badei said the MB support a mixed political regime so that there won’t monopoly of

power by the president or the parliament. “This is the best political regime for us now,” he said.

“The Muslim Brotherhood does not have any presidential candidate and we will wait

until the period set for candidates to register formally for presidential elections is complete,”

Badei said.

Similar news was reported in: Al-Akhbar: Page 3.

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Page: 3 Author: Heba Sobeih

Port Said Residents Form Human Shields to Protect Suez Canal

The repercussions of the crisis that followed Al-Masry and Al-Ahly football match are

still clear in the streets of Port Said.

Unknown flyers were disseminated around the city calling on people to occupy the

building of the Suez Canal Authority and prevent ships from passing through the canal. Port

Said residents rushed to protect the building and formed human shields, raising signs that say

“No to Sabotage.. No to Chaos.”

Residents said Port Said is suffering from an economic boycott by other cities since the

bloody catastrophe of the football match. There is a shortage of food supply and other services

in the city.

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Pages: 1 Author: Dandarawi al-Hawwari

Troops Back on the Streets

The Egyptian Armed Forces are back on the streets in Egypt.

A military source asserted that Field marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of SCAF had given orders to spread the Army troops again on the streets to protect the vital and public facilities.

The decision was also in the frame of preparations to face potential emergencies during the strike and civil obedience called for by the 6 of April Movement and other activists.

Armored vehicles can be seen on Cairo’s streets and in the other governorates.

There are signs on the armored vehicles that read slogans that were raised during the 25 Jan Revolution last year and assert the Armed Forces’ keenness on protecting the people.

Similar news was reported in al-Ahram, p. 1; al-Akhbar, pp. 1, 8

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Pages: 4 Author: Rami Nawwar, Amin Saleh and Muhammad al-Bahrawi

Potential Presidential Candidates Protest at the Supreme Constitutional Court

Potential Presidential Candidates protested the condition of getting 30 thousand public

approvals in order to have the right to presidential elections nomination.

Muhamamd Mursi, the information advisor of Potential Presidential Candidate Amr Moussa

stated that Moussa was willing to nominate himself as an independent candidate.

Dr. Fares Imran, spokesman of the 11 candidates told al-Yom al-Sabei that the conditions set by

the Judicial Presidential Elections Commission were so complicated and did not rely on any

legal texts. He called on the commission to change the conditions and let the candidates present

their programs to the public who would decide.

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Page: 1 Author: Mamdouh Hassan

Interior Ministry Prepares For Transferring Mubarak to Tora

Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, issued his orders for the transfer of ousted

president, Hosni Mubarak, to Tora intensive security prison. The People’s Assembly has asked

the Minister to expedite transferring Mubarak from the International Medical Center to the

hospital in Tora.

The authorities concerned are working on drawings for building new annexes to Tora

hospital. Three rooms will be built, one intensive care unit, one nursing unit, and one room for

his medical team. The construction should be over within two months.

Unnamed security sources told the paper the rooms would be built out of special

material that cannot be affected by gunshots and RPGs.

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Page: 1 Author: Mohamed basal

Farouk Discusses Presidential Election Law

Head of the Presidential Election Commission, Farouk Sultan, announced that no

coordination would take place between the Military Council and the Commission over the

presidential elections schedule.

Sultan said that the People’s Assembly as a legislative authority has the right to

introduce amendments to the Presidential Election Law later on.

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Page: 1 Author: Ahmed Fathy

A New Law for Regulating Demonstrations

The Proposals and Complaints Committee inside the People’s Assembly recommended

issuing a new law for regulating demonstrations. It also recommended activating the law of

protecting private and public facilities.

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Page: 1, 4, 5,11 Author: Shorouk correspondents

Egyptians Divided Over Feb 11 Civil Disobedience

Calls for a civil disobedience on February 11th, the day Mubarak stepped down,

intensified to pressure the Military ruler to hand over power. However, political forces and

parties disagreed over joining the civil disobedience.

Around 14 universities announced their participation, in addition to a number of

syndicates and Labor Unions.

Karama Party Head, Mohamed Sami, described it as “chaotic and irresponsible.” Other

vocational syndicates, like the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers, called its members to work an

extra hour on that day.

FJP, the Salafi Call in Egypt, and Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyah announced boycotting this

call. While, Wafd party decided to continue the sit-in in Tahrir until “all state institutions are

purged and all revolutionary demands are met.”

Dar Al-Iftaa, issued a Fatwa (religious ruling) that bans civil disobedience and justifying

it by saying “it worsens the economic conditions and leads to dismantling the state and its

downfall.”

Similar news was reported in Ahram pages 1,4; Masry Youm pages 1,6, 7; Dostour page

5; Tahrir page 5;Al Akhbar 6,7

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Page: 3 Author: Mohamed Salem

Shura Election results

In the first phase of the Shura elections, FJP, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm,

headed the polls after winning 46 seats out of 76 seats; 59%.

FJP won 25 seats out of 52 slate seats in the 13 governorates; 48% of the seats. It also won

21 out of 26 individual seats; 80.7%

Elections in Qena and Menoufia were postponed.

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Pages: 3 Author: Not mentioned

The Freedom and Justice Party Leads

The judicial commission assigned to monitor the first phase of the elections to the Shura

Council declared the results.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice is leading with 20 seats.

Four independent candidates won four seats, and Salafist al-Nour won one seat.

Al-Akhbar published the names of the winning candidates.

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Pages: 3 Author: Nabil al-Tafhani

30 Thugs Identified

The investigation authorities in Port Said have identified 30 thugs that took part in the

Port Said assaults that resulted in over 70 deaths and 254 injuries last week.

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TV Coverage (08/00/2012)

Program: Al-Hayat Al-Yom (Talk Show) Channel: Al-Hayat Host: Sherief Amer Guests:

Hamdeen Sabahy, potential presidential candidate

Khaled Telemaa, Youth Revolution Coalition member

Helmy Al-Gazar, Freedom and Justice Party MP

A number of political and revolution powers and university students are planning to take part in Saturday’s civil disobedience.

Dar Al-Iftaa said that the suspension of work is forbidden by religion.

43 charged in the NGOs case were referred to the Criminal Court, causing tension in US-Egyptian relations.

Investigative judges said they have 67 pieces of evidence incriminating the NGOs.

Sabahy said:

The upcoming president must listen to his people.

I urge all the Egyptians not to punish Port Said residents.

Former regime members are responsible for the recent violence in Egypt.

Telemaa said there is a difference between the strike and the civil disobedience.

Al-Gazar said the civil disobedience will have a negative impact on Egypt’s economy and will worsen the current economic crisis.

Program: Al-Hayat Al-An Channel: Al-Hayat

Host: Maha Bahnasi

The Prime Minister said SCAF will rule the country till June 30th, 2012.

The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won 20 seats in Shura runoffs, while Al-Nour Party garnered one seat.

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Program: Masr Al-Gadeeda (Talk Show) Channel: Al-Hayat 2 Host: Moataz Al-Demerdash

There is a state of intentional negligence regarding Port Said incidents on part of officials

in the government.

Program: Lazem Nefham Channel: CBC Host: Magdy Al-Galad

Investigative judge in the NGOs case said there would be no surrender under any

political pressure. The inspection decision was according to the law.

Al-Ganzori said Egypt would strictly apply the law in the case of NGOs.

Al-Gaznori said the current stage needed all the parties to unite to boost the economy

expressed his rejection to the calls for strike.

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News All Day Channel 1” National TV” Time: 25:00:00

Different reactions to Saturday’s call for strike.

Time: 27:00:00

Some political and revolutionary players reject calls for strike.

Lieutenant General Samy Anan said SCAF would hand over power on time and that it

was keen on ending the security chaos, and providing the citizens with all their needs.

Advisory Council chooses Osama Borhan as Secretary General

Program: Yeseed Sabahak Channel 0”National TV” Host: Hend Rashad and Yasser Abdel-Hakim

Speaker of the People’s Assembly said the Ministry of Interior was responsible for

killing the protestors.

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Channel: ON TV Program: Baladna bi al-Masry (talk Show) Broadcaster: Reem Majid Program: Baladna Bel-Masry

There is no need to accelerate the process of handing over power, said Dr. Hisham Amr

Rabea, political researcher in Al-Ahram Center for Strategic and Political Studies ovet the

phone.

Program: Al-Yoom (Talk Show) Channel: Al- Tahrir Host: Dina Abdel-Rahman

Military forces are back in charge of protecting vital facilities.

Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail, potential presidential candidate, said:

Port Said riots are a part of a series preplanned sabotage incidents.

Placing barricades and blocking the streets is not the solution for ending chaos in Tahrir.

We need a president before drafting the constitution.

The reasons behind civil disobedience calls are un-known.

Maspero incidents were meant to trigger sectarian clashes.

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Radio Coverage (08/02/2012)

News Channel: Radio Masr

Al-Azhar rejects calls for strike on Saturday. 9:00 PM

Military forces took charge again of securing the vital institutions and facilities. 9:00 PM

The Vote counting process in the reruns of the Shura elections continues. 3:00 AM

News Channel: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian Revolution Party, that consists of 11 political coalitions, rejects the calls for civil

disobedience. However, 39 other political movements are supporting the calls. 22:00:00

Time: 18:00:00

People’s Assembly recommends purging Ministry of Interior.

Judicial sources say some NGOs practice illegal political work.

Results of Shura elections reruns were announced in Dakahleya are announced.

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News All Day Channel: Al-Barnameg Al-Am

Al-Ganzori said Egypt will follow the exact letter of the law in NGOs case. 23:00:00

Al-Gaznori said that at this point all parties have to unite in order to boost our economy.

23:00:00

Lieutenant General, Samy Anan said SCAF will hand over power in time. The Armed

Forces are keen on ending security chaos, and providing citizens with all their needs. 23:00:00

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Internet Coverage (09/02/2012)

Facebook We are all Khaled Saeed:

I have no doubt that our people will prevail. We will most certainly end Military rule and start building a state of freedom, social justice and dignity.

After the death of 75 young men who wanted to enjoy their time at a football match, we can only say that we have accepted dignity and humiliation.

Taking a stance or adopting a certain technique for continuing the revolution does not mean it must be adopted by all. Calls for civil disobedience are adopted by a number of activists and Youth Parties who believe this is best for the revolution. Attacking them or accusing them of treason is an unsuccessful method.

When we demanded opening presidential candidature early, it was meant to expedite handing over power. Opening candidature on March 10 and still handing over power in June does not make sense.

March referendum concluded that the president must be elected before drafting the constitution. Respect the people’s will and respect the road map the people choose.

Dr. Mohamed Morsi, FJP chairman: we are ready to assume responsibility in front of the Egyptian people according to the Parliamentary majority the party has won, and form a coalition government, where all are relatively represented.

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Egyptian Cabinet:

Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri held a meeting yesterday to discuss the Port Said incidents and their consequences, including clashes between protesters and security forces near the Interior Ministry and other governorates. The meeting will tackle also efforts exerted to restore calm in the vicinity of the Interior Ministry.

The Cabinet continues efforts to end the security chaos and boost the production and the economy.

Arabawy Blog

Religion in Service of The State

Just like in April 2008, and 25 January 2011, both Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church, the

two main arms of the state’s religious establishment, have come out to denounce the calls for

general strike and civil disobedience planned on 11 February 2012.

Add to the list of course, the Muslim Brotherhood. Their leadership did not endorse

the 6 April 2008 strike, neither did they endorse the 25 January 2011 protests (they only

officially lent support to the revolution on its fourth day), and now are they are denouncing the

calls for this coming 11 February strike.

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Twitter

@AsmaaMahfouz

The people want to execute the field marshal:

‎http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twrug3EljyI&feature=youtube_gdata_player ‏

I wish the army, the police and the people unite against the corruption of the military

council.

We should try to set a meeting for El-Katatni with families of martyrs instead of this

comedy show he is running in the People’s Assembly.

@Monasosh

The website of the Egyptian Police was hacked. Oh Yeah!

We cannot give our livelihood to those who spill our blood. Participate in the February

11 strike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwJTE8TFF_4&feature=youtu.be A

great video, thanks @omarkamel!

Dr. Mona Mina heavily criticized the Ministry of Interior and Members of Parliament

who applauded for El-Katatni and the MOI statement.

@Arabist

“Khairat Shater shouting a lot on Jazeera. When I met him he spoke softly in that lean in

way powerful people have.”

“Shater says MB supports new govt.”

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@waelabbas

If they do not like civil disobedience, we can make it “spiritual retreat” instead! This

does not contradict God’s laws!

We suffered a lot from calls to respect “the other’s opinion.” The revolution was greatly

harmed by this so-called other’s opinion.

There are people who believe we are working as foreign agents and who would like to

see us in prisons. Is this the other’s opinion or freedom of expression?

@Gsquare86

On the anniversary of Mubarak’s overthrow, let us remember how we were able to

remove this bastard from power: Hundreds of thousands of workers continue their

strikes February 9, 2011. http://www.e-socialists.net/node/6469

Video of Dr. El-Katatni speaking on Al-Mehwar channel on February 4, 2011 following

a meeting between MB leaders and Omar Suleiman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDvIDDF3n9M‏ ‎#Ikhwan‏ ‎#Hypocrites

@AalamWassef

“SCAF MONEY PRESS KIT 52 p.

PDF http://bit.ly/AirFsi +http://bit.ly/wjfKJ6 (ar) http://bit.ly/y7BF0i (eng) +

ow.ly/8WrDY cc@monaeltahawy RT”

“Going to bed now with the horrible feeling that even my bed was manufactured by

SCAF http://bit.ly/AirFsi”

“Fantastic! — in depth research by @melhoshy on SCAF's economical empire. This is a

keeper. http://ow.ly/8WrDY #feb11”

“Who runs a consortium evaluated, in 1993, at 1.8 billion dollars? And who is its

chairman? Learn about AOI on page 42 http://bit.ly/AirFsi”

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“Who own Trenco Tires? Who produces mangos? Who is a Rolls Royce contractor? The

Egyptian Army? Noooooo! Oh… yes! >http://bit.ly/AirFsi”

“Who produces garments for Gap, Calvin Klein and Maci's? The Egyptian Army?

Noooooo! Oh… yes! > http://bit.ly/AirFsi”

@iyad_elbaghdadi

“The greatest export of the United States isn't guns or cars or movies or even democracy

(!). It's the US dollar.”

“Wrt imperialism vs. tyrany, yes we do have to compare because we have to choose

who to fight first.”

“Choosing imperialism as enemy #1 means stopping all revolutions until we "defeat the

imperialists". You know where THAT got us.”

“Choosing tyrants as enemy #1 means defeating them first and then turning to the

imperialists.”

“And my thesis is, the imperialists are on their last leg anyway and their colonizing

spirit is spent. Also, they're bankrupt.”

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Publication overview

Al-Ahram: Egyptian state-run official daily newspaper

Founded in 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the

second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya (English: The Egyptian Events, founded 1828).

It is majority owned by the Egyptian government.

Al-Akhbar: Egyptian state-owned semi-official daily newspaper

It was founded in May 1952 as a part of Akhbar El Yom.

Al-Gomhoria: Egyptian state-owned daily newspaper

An influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper. It was

established in 1954.

Al-Shorouk: Egyptian daily independent newspaper

Is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt [1] and several other Arabic

nations It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs

and sport.

Al-Masry al-Yom: Independent daily newspaper

On 7 June 2004, it published its first edition. The paper initially circulated primarily

amongst Cairo’s intellectual elite, providing objective news coverage in the belief that

good news would beat sensationalist reporting found in other Egyptian print media.

After 3 years, it was challenging Al-Ahram for the status of being the national paper of

record. Though

Tahrir: Daily independent newspaper

Dostor: Daily independent newspaper

Yom 7: Daily independent newspaper

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Table of Content: Newspapers ………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………3-27 Al Ahram Newspaper

Updates on the Case of NGOs and Foreign Funds…………………………………………..………………….3-4 Mansour Hassan not Sure Yet …………………………………………………………………………………………...5 Al Masry Al Yawm Newspaper

CBE Denies Mubarak Looted $9 Billion…………………………………………………………………………6 Abu-Ismail: SCAF Interferes in Constitution Drafting……………………………………………………………….7 US Embassy Warns National: Don’t Resist Thieves…………………………………………………………………..8 Barricade No. 9 Built around Interior Ministry……………………………………………………………………….9 Al Gomhoreya Newspaper Tantawi: Egypt is at a Critical Juncture ………………………………………………………………………………….10 Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam: Do Not Let our Country Bow Down ………………………………………………………11 Al Dostour Newspaper Clashes Renewed In Tahrir ……………………………………………………………………………………………..12 EU Envoy meets PA members ………………………………………………………………………………………….13 Article 28 in the Constitutional Declaration………………………………………………………….……………….14 Al Tahrir Newspaper El-Ganzouri is Playing Games …………………………………………………………………………………………. 15-16 MB Supreme Guide: We Will Reach Agreement with Political Forces on Presidential Candidate We Will Support ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17 Port Said Residents Form Human Shields to Protect Suez Canal …………………………………………………...18 Al youm al saba Newspaper Troops Back on the Streets…………………………………………………………………………………….…………19 Potential Presidential Candidates Protest at the Supreme Constitutional Court…………………………………20 Al Sherouk Newspaper

Interior Ministry Prepares For Transferring Mubarak to Tora…………………………………………………….21 Farouk Discusses Presidential Election Law ……………………………………………………………………….22 A New Law for Regulating Demonstrations ………………………………………………………………………23

Egyptians Divided Over Feb 11 Civil Disobedience ……………………………………………………………………..24

Shura Election results ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..25 AL Akhbar Newspaper The Freedom and Justice Party Leads …………………………………………………………………………………….26 30 Thugs Identified ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….27 TV Coverage………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………08-32 Al Hayah TV Channel ……………………………………………………………..….………….……………………...…28 Al Hayah TV 2 Channel ……………………………………………………………..….………….………………………29 CBC……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..…29 Channel 1……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..30 Channel 2…………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………….30 On TV………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………31 Al Tahrir Channel……………………………………………………………………………………………………………31 Links………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………...32 Radio Coverage……………………………………………………………………..…………..…………….……………33-35 Radio Misr……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………..33

Al Shark Al Awsat Channel……………………………………………………………..……………….…………………..33 Al Barnameg Al Am…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..34 Links………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………35 Internet coverage………………………………………………………………………………...………...…………………36-40 Face book……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………...……..….36-37 Twitter…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………38-40