Egypt's press today focused on a new open-ended sit-in by political parties and mvoements. The demonstrators call for the prosecution of those who killed demonstrators during Egypt's January 25 Revolution today, the ‘Friday of Retaliation.' The media also tackled the division among political powers ad the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and other political parties refused to participate in Tahrir's sit-in. Youm7 The Egyptian Ministry of Education said the results of secondary school exams will be announced on July 16 and 18. The names of top students will be published on July 14. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (GA) lawyer Monstaser al-Zayat accused toppled president Hosni Mubarak of leaking military information to foreign countries. Al-Ahram While dozens of political parties and coalitions announced their participation in today's “Friday of Retaliation” in Tahrir, the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, Salafis and political parties like the Free Egypt Revolution Coalition and Egyptian Awareness refused to participate. Pope Shenouda III refused allowing Coptic Christians to carry weapons for self defense. His statement came as a response to questions on the matter. He said Allah defends the faithful and His defense is more powerful than any weapon. Al-Akhbar: A group of Revolution Youth said they called upon the General Prosecutor to investigate statements by the new U.S. Ambassador to Cairo, Anne W. Patterson, claiming the U.S. has spent 40 million dollars on 600 different Egyptian entities in support of democracy I the wake of the Jan. 25 Revolution. Al-Wafd: The Spanish Ambassador to Cairo, Fidel Sendagorta, said fugitive Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem, detained in Spain, has ceded his Egyptian nationality. He said in a press conference in Cairo that Salem will be prosecuted as a Spanish system. said the Egyptian Fugitive businessman Hussein Salem has ceded his Egyptian nationality. He noted in a press conference held in Cairo that Salem will be persecuted as a Spanish citizen. Al-Masry Al-Youm A military court has passed a year's suspended sentence against five workers of Petrojet company. They and their colleagues demonstrated outside the Ministry of Petroleum for two week and hindered the ministry's daily activities. The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Hussain Tantawi, met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar. Both leaders tackled all changes and developments in the Arab and regional arenas. Al-Dostor Presidential nominee Mohammad el-Baradei said there should be a unified list for the Peoples' Assembly elections that should be by proportional representation. El-Baradei added that a constitutional committee must represent all segments of society. A new Salafi party, al-Fadhela, is facing internal divisions. Some of its members refuse to write a new constitution before holding parliamentary elections, while others focused on the importance of respecting the results of a Mar. 19 referendum on constitutional amendments. Al-Shorouq Egyptian Minister of Agriculture Ayman Abu Hadid accused Israel of defaming Egypt's image. Israel had announced that Egyptian fenugreek seeds were main cause of the E-Coli outbreak in European countries. There was a gunfight between a thug's relatives and checkpoint officers in Aboud in Qaliobyia governorate. The thug was stealing the citizens by force so police officers arrested him. Al-Gomhorreya The Military Council has issued decision to form a fund for the January 25 Revolution martyrs' relatives to bear all expenses of medical care, housing, and establishing small projects for those martyrs' relatives.
