Hot topics covered in the Egyptian press today include the referral of civilians to military trials, the reappearance of Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi's son in Tripoli, and Israel's announcement about border incidents between it and Egypt. Youm7 Daily newspaper Youm7 reported that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Military Prosecutor asked political activists to make a list of names of civilians under military prosecution in order to stop referring civilians to military trials. In other news, the head of the Illicit Gains Authority said it has ranked countries that are less cooperative in reclaiming illegal funds. Spain tops the list because of its stance towards Egyptian fugitive business tycoon Hussein Salem. England and United States followed, also classified as uncooperative. Canada and Switzerland rounded out the bottom of the list. Al-Ahram The state-owned Egyptian daily reported that Egyptian police disrupted a boat headed to Italy with 55 young men attempting to immigrate illegally. Meanwhile, 24 Egyptians left Athens Airport to Cairo after the Greek authorities saved them from a shipwreck near Crete. Al-Ahram also reported that U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations, said U.S aid to Egypt is linked with the peace process with Israel. Granger said if Cairo cancelled peace treaty with Israel, Washington would cut aid to Egypt. Granger continued that the aid is based on two conditions, Israeli-Egyptian peace and the composition of the upcoming Egyptian government, including the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's role. Al-Akhbar Egyptian Minister of Interior Mansour el-Issawy decided to post the names of police officers killed on duty in the Ministry. Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian Minister of Finance, Hazem al-Beblawy, said Egypt will see a tough financial period due to a large budget deficit and the depletion of foreign currency reserves, saying the period could last a year and a half. Al-Masry al-Youm also reported that Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said his country would not apologize to Egypt over the killing the Egyptian soldiers along Egyptian-Israeli border, but expressed his condolences for the incident. Al-Shorouq The Egyptian Army has developed a plan to destroy tunnels used for smuggling along the Egyptian border with Gaza. The Egyptian government and Hamas are also cooperating to prevent the movement of people through the tunnels. Libyan Revolutionaries broke into the Bab el-Aziziya area of Tripoli, thought to be the current location of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. Rebels entered Bab el-Aziziya after a heavy gunfight and shelling of the area by NATO. Al- Gomhorreya Assistant Egyptian Minister of Interior Mohsen Murad said the ministry launched a campaign to remove illegal vendors in Ramsis Square but the vendors showered the policemen with Molotov cocktails, injuring two policemen.
