Egypt's press today focused on public responses to Youm7's exclusive publication of the full text of the interrogation of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The media also tackled news of the arrest of fugitive Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem's son and daughter upon a request from Interpol. Youm7 Youm7 exclusively published the full text of the investigation with Mubarak over exporting Egyptian gas to Israel and the accounts of the Library of Alexandria. Mubarak said former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was the owner of gas exportation idea. Mubarak said former Prime Minister Atef Ebeid charged Salem to establish the East Mediterranean Gas Co. to export the gas. Regarding his bank accounts, Mubarak said his accounts did not exceed 6 million EGP and he did not smuggle the money to Switzerland, the United States or Barclays Bank. In other news, the credit management of BNY Mellon, the International Company for financial services, announced that Egypt repaid one billion dollars, as of July 11, 2011. Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, met with the former archbishop of Canterbury, George Kerry, a member of British House of Lords, to discuss the situation in Egypt in general and Coptic Christians' situation in particular. Al-Ahram State-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported that Spanish authorities arrested the son and daughter of fugitive Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem upon a request from Egyptian Interpol. They are accused of money laundering. Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Hussein Tantawi, met with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to tackle the status quo on international and regional issues and means of supporting Egypt amid the current situation. Both leaders focused on mutual experiences in several fields. Al-Akhbar: The April 6 Youth and Kefaya movements invited all Egyptians to break their fast together in Tahrir Square on the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month. In response to postponing Egypt's parliamentary elections to November, the U.S. Department of States spokesman said U.S. President Barak Obama supports transparent elections in Egypt, but as for the time, it is left to the Egyptian. Al-Masry Al-Youm Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf met economist Hazem el-Beblawi, as he is likely to named deputy PM. Sharaf met also with Safwat Hegazi, a Muslim clergyman, to be Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments). Sharaf also met with the Minister of Interior Abdel-Aziz el-Gendi to discuss certain files concerning the Ministry. According to sources, Sharaf's new government will include appointing youth figures to some ministerial posts. Alexandria demonstrators raised sign of “here, misleading Brotherhood sleep” in Saad Zaghloul square. The sign expressed the demonstrators' anger at withdrawal of the Muslim Brotherhood from the square after the military council spokesman Mohsen el-Fangary's statement. The Muslim Brotherhood participants removed around 30 tents from the square. Al-Shorouq Muslim Brotherhood deputy Khairat el-Shater refused PM Sharaf's proposal to nominate Brotherhood figures to ministerial posts in the new government. He also ruled out that there is negotiation between the Brotherhood and the cabinet on the new government. The SCAF distributed duties concerning the January 25 Revolution's demands among the Council members, said the military judge of concerned affairs, Abdel-Moneim Kato. Kato said General Mahmoud Hegazi is responsible for youth affairs, while both Mukhtal el-Mullah and Mohsen el-Fangary are in charge of national security affairs. He said General Ismail Etman and Mohammad el-Assar will run affairs of media and press. Moreover, Feneral Mamdouh Shahin's duties concern legal issues. Al-Gomhorreya Witness testimony revealed that Safwat al-Sherif, former speaker of the Shura Council, was the mastermind of the “Battle of the Camels” and pro-Mubarak demonstrations in which thugs attacked Tahrir demonstrators. Al-Sherif ordered NDP members to put an end to the demonstrations against Muabark by any means.
