Local press review

Thursday's papers: Egypt brokers Israel-Hamas truce, fails to quell violence at home

Clashes between security forces and protesters continue for the third day in-a-raw in Mohamed Mahmoud street, near Interior Ministry headquarters, Cairo, 21 November 2012. Clashes erupted during commemorating the first anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, which left dozens of martyrs, and hundreds of injured.
22 Nov 2012
Developments in Gaza and on the streets of downtown Cairo have kept the local press busy this week. In its coverage of ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces, independent newspaper Al-Shorouk reports that scuffles in Tahrir...
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Wednesday's papers: Conflict at home and abroad

Clashes between protesters and security forces in Mohamed Mahmoud street, near Interior Ministry headquarters, Cairo, 20 November 2012. Hundreds of protesters were marking the first anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, which left dozens of martyrs, and hundreds of injuries, and then clashes erupted, when protesters tried to scale the barrier, and began to destroy it, but riot forces threw stones at protesters, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets, then protesters throwing them with Molotov, which left dozens of injuries.
21 Nov 2012
Scenes of bloody clashes between Tahrir protesters and police forces are back filling the front pages of local newspapers, accompanied by ongoing coverage of the escalating conflict between Israel and Gaza, a contentious IMF loan and...
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Monday’s papers: Anger looms over Morsy Cabinet

Wreckage of the school bus, which collided with a train heading Minya, while it was crossing the track of the train in Manfalout, Assiut, 17 November 2012. The death toll has risen to 48 killed children, besides the driver and teacher, and 17 injured.
19 Nov 2012
After extensive coverage on conflicting reports of casualties during the past three days, Monday’s independent papers focus on the anger and sharp disappointment that gripped the country due to the deadly Assiut bus-train collision....
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Sunday's papers: Conflicting reports over deadly train-bus collision

Wreckage of the school bus, which collided with a train heading Minya, while it was crossing the track of the train in Manfalout, Assiut, 17 November 2012. The death toll has risen to 48 killed children, besides the driver and teacher, and 17 injured.
18 Nov 2012
The main news item in all daily papers Sunday is the deadly bus-train collision which left at least 50 school children dead in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut on Saturday, as well the public prosecutor’s ongoing...
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Tuesday papers: The Sinai file re-opened

13 Nov 2012
  Tuesday’s edition of the Independent newspaper Al-Shorouk leads with, “The presidency negotiates with jihadis and the military seeks revenge for the martyrs.” The newspaper reports that a source in the second army...
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Monday's papers: All aboard the death train

12 Nov 2012
A train crash in Fayoum that left at least three dead and more than 40 injured Saturday continues to stir discussion in Monday’s papers, with some newspapers digging deeper into the state of the country’s railway system, while...
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Thursday's papers: Sinai conspiracies and constitution debate

Egyptian security forces arrest suspected militants after a firefight at the al-Goura settlement in Egypt's north Sinai region, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border with Israel, 11 August 2012. Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout at the settlement near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
08 Nov 2012
The repeated attacks on police forces in Sinai and the ongoing investigation of a “terrorist cell” in Nasr City have opened the door for a flood of conspiracy theories and a renewed focus on the deteriorating security situation...
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Wednesday's papers: Constitution battle, Obama re-election lead headlines

U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (R) celebrate at their election night victory rally in Chicago, November 6, 2012. Malia (2ndR) and Sasha Obama embrace onstage
07 Nov 2012
The local press focuses Wednesday on the nation's protracted battle to draft the constitution and news of US President Barack Obama's re-election Tuesday night. State-owned Al-Ahram quotes Constituent Assembly member Mohamed Mohie...
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Tuesday’s papers: Papal statements and Sinai's military presence

Pope Tawadros II
06 Nov 2012
Tuesday’s papers feature extensive coverage on the social and political ideologies of Pope Tawadros II, who was selected for the seat of the 118th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church in a ceremony on Sunday. Nearly every daily...
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Monday's papers: Security in North Sinai, papal elections dominate headlines

Pope Tawadros II
05 Nov 2012
News of the dismissal of North Sinai Security Director General Ahmed Bakr and the election of Bishop Tawadros as the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church dominate Monday’s headlines. State-run Al-Ahram neglects to mention updates...
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