CAIRO, May 9 (Aswat Masriya) - Our daily roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on May 9, 2016:
Al-Ahram:
-Solemn military funeral held for police martyrs... Minister of Interior: We won’t relent when it comes to preserving the nation’s security
-Extraordinary general assembly held to withdraw confidence form Press Syndicate council
-Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, Abu Mazen discuss Palestinian developments
Al-Akhbar:
-ISIS committed Helwan massacre accompanied by Rassd’s cameras
-Parliament speaker assigns media committee to ‘mend fences’ between journalists, interior ministry
-Sixty-seven Muslim Brotherhood members referred to criminal court in Hisham Barakat assassination case
Al-Shorouk:
-Helwan attack condemned internationally; government says it will uproot terror
-Ministry of Electricity: Prices’ increase a fallacy; we are mulling options to overcome rise in dollar exchange rate
Al-Masry al-Youm:
-Eight new martyrs fall in war on terror
-“Course correction” camp attacks Press Syndicate; House of Representatives and Syndicate Head Qallash say won’t take part in row
-Government’s Operations Room follows up on wheat crisis; angry farmers block roads
Al-Watan:
-Egypt bids farewell to interior ministry martyrs
-‘Family of journalists’ calls for withdrawing confidence from Press Syndicate’s council
-Government tells parliament it is ready to negotiate over civil service bill
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