Egypt press reported the nominations for parliamentary elections, foreign investments in the Egyptian Stock Exchange and the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit swap deal. Youm7: Youm7 exclusively obtained a file from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office confirming the UK froze £40 million in assets belonging to figures of Egypt's former regime. The document was sent to Mostafa Ragab, the head of Egypt's UK Association, which keeps tabs in smuggled Egyptian money and he confirmed freezing the assets. Al-Ahram: Chairman of Egypt's Stock Exchange Mohammad Omran said 130 foreign mutual funds entered as investments in the Egyptian stock markets after the Egyptian January 25 Revolution, according to state newspaper Al-Ahram. However, there are certain world institutions waiting to improve the political situation, he added. The paper reported the anti-capitalism protests that inspired the movement of Occupy Wall Street want to go global and reach Italy and Spain via calls for protest on Facebook and Twitter. Al-Akhbar: Egypt's ruling military council is keen to hand over authority to an elected civilian government elected through the Egyptians will, said Military Council member Adel Imaraa. The newspaper also said the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Cairo denied reports claim that there is an attempt of assassination on him by poison. Al-Masry Al-Youm: Independent newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm learned Egyptian Minister of Information Osama Heikal received a report prepared by the neutral committee on the evaluation of the performance of Egyptian state TV during the incidents and clashes between the Coptic Christians and military forces on October 9. The report revealed state TV converge was not neutral and mixed news with an opinion analysis. The coverage negatively affected public opinion towards the Maspiro clashes. In other news, Egyptian Minister of Finance Hazem al-Beblawi said the Egyptian Cabinet decided to form the Supreme Committee for the National Economy chaired by al-Beblawi himself to evaluate the Egyptian economy. Al-Shorouq: The Law of Perfidy that was issued after the January 25 Revolution is 100 percent standard and is enough to trace the remnants of the former regime who were the reason behind corruption in Egyptian political life. Thus there is no need to amend its provisions, said the former head of the Judges' club in Alexandria, Fekry Kharoup. To successfully swap the prisoners between Israel and Palestine will require certain intelligence measures to prevent any setback in the deal, sources said in North Sinai. Another source pointed out Al-Gora Airbase for Peacekeeping Forces is the likely place where the swapping deal will be carried out. Al-Gomhorreya: Egyptian Minister of Health Amr Helmy said the state must be able to afford medical treatment expenses for patients with hepatitis C, since the mistakes of the medical institution were the reasons behind the proliferation of disease. Helmy said Egyptian hepatitis C patients are the only patients in the world who have nothing to do with the infection.
