Euronews 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders face death sentence in Egypt A court in Egypt is seeking the death penalty for the Muslim Brotherhood's top leader Mohamed Badie and 13 other members. The defendants are charged with inciting chaos and planning attacks on police and army institutions two years ago during a violent dispersal of sit-ins staged by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. The court has formally refered the case to the country's highest Islamic legal official, known as the Grand Mufti. That's the first step in imposing a death sentence. Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/16/14-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-face-death-sentence-in-egypt/ The New York Times Egypt: Militants Claim Ambush Militants identifying themselves as the Sinai Province of the Islamic State said Monday that they had captured the engine of an American-made M60 tank from the Egyptian military in an ambush. A spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces said no engine had been taken. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/world/middleeast/egypt-militants-claim-ambush.html?_r=0 Reuters Egyptian pound steady on official market Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.53 pounds to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Wednesday. The bank said it had offered $40 million and sold $38.4 million at a cut-off price of 7.5301 pounds per dollar, unchanged from its last auction, held on Monday. The central bank has now kept the official exchange rate steady for more than a month after letting the pound weaken in an effort to wipe out black market trading. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/egypt-forex-idUSL4N0WD3NH20150311
