Egyptian media reported renewed clashes between Muslims and Christians in Edfu in Southern Egypt. Al-Ahram held an interview with the former Egyptian Minister of Media, Mohamed Fayek. The former president of Al-Jazeera channel said what WikiLeaks published is "settling of accounts" because of Al-Jazeera's coverage of the Arab spring. Youm7: Protesters chanted slogans against Egypt's ruling military council and its chairman, Hussein Tantawi, yesterday in Tahrir Square. The protesters organized a million-man demonstration criticizing the military council's decisions and demanded a schedule of when power will be transferred to an elected civilian government. There are renewed clashes between Muslims and Christians in Edfu after removing the dome of one of the churches there. Security forces tried to have both sides reconciliation with each other. Youm7 also reported the military council is about to change article no. 5 of the elections law in response to the political powers' demands. The Egyptian stock market lost 80 billion EGP (U.S. $13.4 million) during the past three months and the main index declined at the rate of 23 percent. Al-Ahram: Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yasser Osman expressed his deep resentment against the Israeli government's behavior towards the incidents in Sinai. He said Israel targeted Sinai by rationalizing the return of its control in Sinai. Official spokesperson of Israel's Prime Minister denied all these accusations and assured Israel's respect for the Egyptian government and its people. Al-Ahram held an interview with the former Egyptian Minister of Media Mohamed Fayek, who is the current vice president of the National Council of Human Rights. He said the next elections will be the fairest but the parliament won't be the best. Fayek also said Egypt is about to witness a new era and people shouldn't be concerned with the Islamists, but should be concerned with the constitution instead. When asked about the remaining 75 percent of the former leaderships in city councils, the Egyptian Minister of Local Development, Mohamed Atteia, said 20 percent of leaderships were excluded and the latest shifts of the local councils are temporary. Al-Ahram reported the U.S. offered to increase its aid to Egypt in return of releasing the Israeli spy, Grapel. The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture received six of its major reclamation companies. Al-Akhbar: The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum discovered the latest crisis was because of petrol-smuggling mobs, since they spread rumors saying the price of petroleum will increase since there is a shortage in the market. The smugglers drove petroleum trucks straight to their warehouses with the help of petrol station owners' help. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he won't step down in case any remnant of his regime decides to run for the next presidential elections. Al-Masry Al-Youm: The former General Director of Al-Jazeera channel, Wadah Khanfar, said the WikiLeaks published document was published before his resignation and is just an act of "settling of accounts" because of Al-Jazeera's coverage of the Arab spring. Khanfar also said he gave in his resignation four months before the Wikileaks published the document. He postponed the announcement of his resignation until a new general director was chosen. He also said Al-Jazeera channel has no negativity against Egypt and it made a report around the U.S. base in Qatar. Al-Shorouq: Executive vice president of Microsoft International Company, Ali al-Faramay, said the Egyptian government didn't determine its vision yet for electronic vote for Egyptians abroad. He also said Bill Gates is concerned with the situation in Egypt and hopes Egypt looks forward instead of backwards. Al-Faramay added education in Egypt needs a plan and a vision so it can cope with the current changes. Al-Gomhorreya: The mosques imams yesterday asked Egyptians to confront the allegations seeking to shake the internal and external Egyptian stability. They assured the Islamic Sharia Law is an essential guarantee for liberty and justice.
