New York Times Egypt: 11 Sentenced to Death in Cases Tied to Soccer Riot That Killed Dozens An Egyptian criminal court from the city of Port Said sentenced 11 people to death on Tuesday for their roles in a 2012 soccer riot there that killed more than 70 people and injured hundreds in Egypt's worst-ever soccer disaster. The verdict came at the end of the retrial in Cairo of 73 defendants. In the original trial, which ended in March 2013, 21 defendants were sentenced to death. The rulings were appealed, and last year a retrial was ordered. In the Feb. 2, 2012, violence, fans of the home team in Port Said attacked backers of another club, Al-Ahly. Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/world/middleeast/egypt-11-sentenced-to-death-in-cases-tied-to-soccer-riot-that-killed-dozens.html?_r=0 Yahoo News Overpopulated Egypt seeks to reduce fertility rate by 2030 Egypt aims to reduce its surging fertility rate over the next 15 years, a government minister said Tuesday, in an effort to address overpopulation concerns in the Arab world's most populous country. With around 90 million people — a population the United Nations projects to hit 103 million by 2030 — Egypt has struggled for decades to provide its citizens with jobs and services. Most Egyptians live on a tiny sliver of land along the Nile River and the Mediterranean coast, away from the vast desert that makes up most of the country. Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-aims-reduce-fertility-rate-2-4-2030-133655468.html The Economic Times Egypt militants fire rockets toward airport used by multinational peacekeepers: Sources Sinai Province, Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, fired rockets late Tuesday at the direction of an airport in the Sinai peninsula used by multinational peacekeeping forces, security sources said, adding that there were no casualties reported. The group claimed responsibility for the attack on several Twitter accounts linked to it. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47608871.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
