Leading coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is activist Sanaa Seif receiving an 18-month prison sentence for “spreading false information” and defaming a public official. Amnesty International criticized the ruling and the story is getting digital ink in the Associated Press, Reuters, and BBC.

Coming in at a close second is pickups of Reuters’ look at the new administrative capital’s high-tech ambitions ahead of its planned inauguration this summer. The city is 60% complete, according to New Administrative Capital Company for Urban Development spokesperson Khaled El Husseiny.

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