New York Times Two Egyptian Policemen Shot Dead Near Pyramids of Giza In an unusual daytime attack near Egypt's most visible tourist attraction, gunmen shot and killed two police officers on Wednesday, a few hundred yards from the pyramids of Giza, security officials said. Tourism is a vital source of foreign currency for the government, and a pillar of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's plan to revive Egypt's battered economy. The years of political upheaval that followed the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak have sent tourism revenues plummeting to record lows, but the government has recently said that the industry was rebounding. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/world/middleeast/egypt-policemen-attacked-giza-pyramids.html Voice of America Egypt's Sissi Visits Germany Seeking Western Support Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi travels to Berlin on Tuesday, where German leaders are ready to roll out the red carpet for the ex-general despite what monitors describe as his government's abysmal human rights record. The trip, a first state visit long desired by the former army chief, will see him meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck, who as an activist played a prominent role in ending repressive communist rule in East Germany. El-Sissi will also meet corporate leaders at a business conference Thursday. El-Sissi's office said he seeks to boost economic, military and security cooperation, and it highlighted the fact that bilateral trade last year was worth 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion). Germany's Siemens AG has made the largest single commitment so far to Egypt under el-Sissi's yearlong rule — a 10 billion-euro agreement to build power plants. Read More: http://www.voanews.com/content/german-leaders-welcome-egypt-el-sissi/2804714.html Irish Times Trial of Irish student Ibrahim Halawa postponed Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa's trial in Egypt has been postponed until August 2nd. The 19-year-old from Firhouse in south Dublin was arrested after a protest in August 2013 and has been held in an Egyptian prison since then. Mr Halawa, whose father Sheikh Hussein Halawa is the imam of Ireland's largest mosque, is being tried as part of a mass court action against almost 500 people. Read More: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/trial-of-irish-student-ibrahim-halawa-postponed-1.2235664
