(Friday Protestors demanding the return of Military rule. Photo, the Daily News Egypt)

Main Headlines:

 Monday

• Morsi uses TV interview to burnish image.
• Salafist Nour Party to run in parliamentary elections.
•  Beltagy:‪Opposition makes farcical demands to postpone elections
• Qandil tells opposition to stop providing cover for “vandals.”
•  Stock market drops for a second day as protests continue
• Federation Of Chambers (FCC) “boycotts” Ministry of Supply.
• Three Salafists resign from Islamic umbrella group. ‪

Tuesday

• Opposition NSF to boycott the elections.
• Shura Council to deliberate tax reform draft law within 48 hours.
• Court rules ‪Gaza tunnels threaten national security
• Celebrities, public figures call for elections boycott.
• Five hundred Egyptian factories close as a result of increased Mazut prices.
• Egyptian prosecution opens investigation into air balloon accident.
• Revised economic plan hikes cigarette, iron, cement, alcohol taxes.
• FJP investigate its leader Ali Abdel Fatah after he