Africa News Egypt holds mass memorial for slain Italian student Egypt's Saint Joseph Church in the capital Cairo on Saturday, held a mass in memory of Italian student Giulio Regeni, killed in January. The North Africa's Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zazou, who attended the service said the incident had dented Egypt and his country's relationship. "Well, the Egyptian-Italian relationship in the field of tourism, as well as other many, many, many fields, is excellent and we are keen to maintain that excellent relationship between our two countries. Unfortunately that recent incident of this gentleman, Giulio Regeni that lost his life here in Egypt has created a negative atmosphere in that respect and I look forward we bypass that," Zazou told mourners. Read more: http://www.africanews.com/2016/03/05/egypt-holds-mass-memorial-for-slain-italian-student/ The Journal of Turkish Weekly Egypt soccer official kicks Israel friendly invite to the curb A senior Egyptian soccer official has ruled out the possibility of Egypt's national team playing a friendly match in Israel. Army Radio reported on Friday that Ehab Leheta, a board member of the Egypt Football Association, shot down an invitation from Israel's ambassador to Cairo, Haim Koren. In an interview with Egyptian media on Thursday, Koren said that Egypt's national squad was welcome to play a friendly match against the Israeli team in Israel. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/2016/03/05/news/egypt-soccer-official-kicks-israel-friendly-invite-to-the-curb/
