Egypt press reported the 30-year sentence imprisonment against the former Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and the holding of indirect debate among the four presidential candidates. Youm7: The East Center for studies hosted an indirect debate among the four presidential candidates; Ayman Nour, Hamdin Sabahi, Hesham al-Bastawisi, and Magdi Hitata while the other three nominees Mohamed al-Baradie, Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Abu al Fetouh were absent, according to the daily newspaper Youm7. In other news, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) picked out the final nominees of parliamentary elections all over Egypt. Their participation did not exceed more than 50 percent. Workers in the Nasr Company for Car Manufacturing in Helwan called for re-operating the company to get rid of unemployment and increase the annual income to reach at 500 million EGP (U.S. $84.1 million). Al-Ahram: Judges met in governorate of Zaqaziq and threatened to boycott the upcoming elections if the Judicial Authority does not get its independence. Moreover the State Cases Authority rejected all procedures taken against the three prominent judges accused of insulting the military judiciary, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram said. Investigation of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak revealed all the money deposited in the Alexandria Library Bank was donated from Arab leaders and presidents. Donations were from the Saudi Monarch Fahd bin Abdel Aziz, the late President of the UAE Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and former Iraq president Sadam Hussein. Their accumulative donation reached $70 million while the current account has $143 million. Al-Akhbar: The Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Samir al-Sayad assured the ministry will allocate a billion EGP (U.S. $168.3 million) to encourage industrial investors into buying new investing equipment to increase incomes. A number of Salafis filed a lawsuit against journalist Ahmed Ragab and cartoonist Mustafa Hassan for insulting Islam and Salafis. Al-Wafd: Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd reported traffic movement returned to its normal course in Galaa St., after an attempt to break into Azbakiya police station. Military forces put a secure barricade around the station. Chief of the doctor's syndicate Hamdi al-Sayed called for the judicial monitoring of the syndicate's elections to held on October 14. Al-Sayed sent a letter to the Minister of Interior, Abdel Aziz al-Gendi and the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Serri Seyam to accept their request. Al-Masry Al-Youm: The former Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros-Ghali is sentenced in absentia for 30 years for stealing citizens' cars and using the Ministry printing house in favor of his former parliamentary election campaign. State Case Authority submitted a document proving the Boutros-Ghali is in Lebanon right now, independent newspaper al-Masry al-Youm reported. Al-Dostor: Thousands of members from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) attended the funeral of MB member Abdel Hamid al-Ghazali, an economic and political science professor at Al-Azhar University. Al-Ghazali is also an economic advisor of the MB General Guide. Al-Shorouq: Al-Shorouq newspaper reported Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment as he was wounded in attack in his headquarters. The Cairo Criminal Court passed a life sentence imprisonment in absentia against policeman Mohammed Ibrahim Abdel Moneim. He killed two protestors during the first Friday of Anger on January 28. Al- Gomhorreya: Chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Agency, Mohammed al-Qolali said the first Egyptian unclear research plant is suspended and there are negotiations now with Russian Ross Atom Company to develop the plant to start its operation. Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf agreed to grant loans for January 25 Revolution martyrs' families without interest. The maximum loan reaches at 200,000 EGP (U.S. $34,000). Chairman of Arab Gulf for Development, Talal bin Abdel Aziz praised the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed forces |(SCAF) because it supports the January 25 Revolution.
