Daily Mail Egypt's Sisi says Ethiopians 'rescued' from Libya President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt had "rescued" 27 Ethiopians who were abducted in war-torn Libya, as state television showed him greeting the group at Cairo airport on Thursday. It was not immediately clear how the Ethiopians were rescued, or the details of their abduction, but Sisi's office said the group flown in on an Egyptian plane was "liberated by Egyptian and Libyan security services". "All efforts were made to bring the Ethiopians to Egypt safely... Egyptian services participated in this effort to protect, rescue and secure our Ethiopian brothers," Sisi told reporters at Cairo airport. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3072172/Egypts-Sisi-says-Ethiopians-rescued-Libya.html Al-Monitor Egypt's independent media outlets face closures Financial crises are threatening the Egyptian media, be they private satellite TV stations, national TV stations or private and national newspapers. As a result, several popular shows have been cut short, while Modern Sports, Mehwar 2, Mehwar Drama and several religious channels have been shut down. Producers and hosts have been dismissed and salaries slashed. Private newspapers suffered the same fate, while the governmental sector represented by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) incurred losses estimated at 3.6 billion Egyptian pounds (around $500 million) for the 2013-14 fiscal year. Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/egypt-media-tv-advertisement-losses-government-bias.html# Press TV Egypt court hands down jail terms to dozens of protesters A court in Egypt has sentenced dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail over accusations that they were involved in acts of violence during anti-government protests. The criminal court in the southern province of Sohag on Thursday sentenced 60 people to three to ten years behind bars each. On Monday, another Egyptian court gave death sentences to five people believed to be the supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in connection with the alleged killing of more than a dozen police officers during a deadly security crackdown near the capital, Cairo. Read more: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/05/07/409954/Egypt-jail-terms-protesters-brotherhood
