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Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Mahmūd 'Īsá, is currently reviewing the distribution of aid packages from the United States to Egypt, and is considering ways to increase trade relations and investment opportunities between the two countries in the coming months.
An anonymous Egyptian security source denied the existence of the Qa’idah network patrolling the Sinai, stressing that security forces are not monitoring any of the elements in the region.  
Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, Chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has confirmed that the case involving activist Lu'ai Najātī and Asmā' Mahfūz, one of the leading figures of al-Tayār al-Misrī Party and former member of the Egyptian movement of 6th April, has been waivered.  
This review deals with controversial statements made by the minister of Awqāf (Endowments), Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, who openly expressed readiness to visit Jerusalem. However, he said that does not mean he calls for normalization of relations with Israel.
A French law banning niqāb in public has led to Muslim clamor as well as a collapse in French president Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity; recent polls now predict his failure during the next elections.
Pope Shenouda dedicates a poem to the memory of the victims of Naj‘ Hammādī, and hopes for a fair court ruling.
The Egyptian press discusses the recent visit of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and responses from various commentators. The papers also note Pope Shenouda’s refusal to receive the delegation from the committee.
Several high profile incidents and legal cases lodged by and against Christians have highlighted the inherent hostility that continues to characterize relations between the Islamic state and its minority Christian constituency that is feeling the pressure of declining numbers.
Arab-West Report responds to media claims that Dr. Hamdi Zakzouk called for the death penalty for apostates from Islam.
The author talks about the absence of a dialogue in culture in the Egyptian society. Additionally, he considers the inability of Egyptians to engage in any form of positive dialogue which could actually produce personal benefit to the parties.

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