Press TV Egypt's State Council allows re-trial of police personnel Egypt's State Council has come under growing criticism following a recent decision to allow the re-trial of police personnel previously convicted in military courts, Press TV reports. The decision made on Saturday by Judge Mahmoud Fawzy, the vice-president of the State Council, has angered many Egyptians who are skeptical about the independence of the judicial system in Egypt. Read more: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/30/392425/egypt-cancels-antipolice-verdicts/ Turkish Press Al-Sisi rules out Brotherhood presence in parliament Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has ruled out the possibility of introducing amendments to Egypt's newly-approved constitution or the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, in the next parliament. During an interview with the editors of three state-run newspapers – that is expected to be published in the three newspapers on Tuesday – al-Sisi said Egyptians would not accept the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the next parliament. Read more: http://www.turkishpress.com/news/417010/ Business Recorder Egypt to import LNG from Algeria Egypt signed a deal on Monday to import liquefied natural gas from Algeria between April and September, the oil ministry said in a statement, as it seeks to ease a chronic energy shortage. The agreement for six Algerian cargoes of 850,000 cubic metres of LNG each was signed during Oil Minister Sherif Ismail's visit to Algiers on Monday.
The ministry said this month that Egypt would import the six cargoes but gave no details about the size of the cargoes or the price agreed. Read more: http://www.brecorder.com/fuel-a-energy/193/1257504/ The Times of Israel Egypt court bans Jewish festival honoring rabbi An Egyptian court on Monday banned an annual festival in honor of a Moroccan rabbi that was regularly attended by hundreds of Jewish pilgrims. The Administrative Court of Alexandria banned the visits and stripped the ministry's designation. It acted on a complaint filed by local residents who objected to the mingling of men and women and the consumption of alcohol at the festival, and claimed that strict security measures applied during the festival negatively affected their normal daily life. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-court-bans-jewish-festival-honoring-rabbi/
