Egypt court freezes Israel gas deal An Egyptian court has overruled a controversial 20-year deal on gas exports to Israel. Judges ruled in favour of Ibrahim Yousri, a lawyer who says that Egypt is losing $9m for each day that Cairo upholds the fixed-price agreement with Tel Aviv. Many Egyptians view the gas deal with their former enemy as a betrayal, although Tuesday's court ruling can be appealed against by the government. "Ibrahim was supported by other political activists who think that exporting gas to Israel helps the Israeli army continue its occupation of Palestinian territories," Amr el-Kakhy, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Cairo, said. Egypt began to pipe natural gas to Israel in May, in line with a 2005 agreement to deliver 1.7 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
Egypt orders media blackout on singer murder trial A media blackout was imposed on Sunday on the trial of an Egyptian tycoon accused of ordering the brutal slaying of the Lebanese pop singer who jilted him. Mohammadi Qunsua, presiding in the Cairo court, decided to "forbid media to publish (any item) related to the trial or to report details of the hearings," according to a court official who asked not to be named. Media can only report court decisions such as adjournment of hearings or the verdict, she said. Hisham Talaat Mustafa, a stalwart of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, allegedly paid retired policeman Mohsen al-Sukkari two million dollars to kill Suzanne Tamim, 30, whose throat was cut in a luxury Dubai apartment in July. Mustafa denies conspiracy to murder and the former policemen has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. The case, with its mix of wealth, show business, sex and politics and in which the two men could face the death penalty, has gripped Egypt where powerful businessmen are rarely seen to face justice.
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