Other international coverage of Egypt worth noting in brief:

• Reuters’ Nadine Awadalla took note of the news of researchers at Nile University who are developing ways to turn dried shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic. We first covered this last month from The Week.
• Reuters also covered a shootout between Egypt’s police force and suspected terrorists in Giza, which left four dead.
• The Trumpet’s Callum Wood traces the complicated and drawn-out history between Egypt and Ethiopia as far as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is concerned.
• Stratfor is looking at the extent social media is becoming the medium of choice for political action and discourse, citing the events leading up to the 25 January uprising.
• AFP News took note of the young girls learning ballet in Minya’s Alwanat Center in the traditionally conservative Upper Egypt in a video report (runtime 01:53).
• Malaysia’s Higher Education Ministry is still facilitating the entry process of Malaysian students to Egypt, Malaysian Digest reports. “The ministry said the number of Malaysian students furthering their studies in Egypt had increased by 15.46% since 2001 and currently more than 11,000 Malaysian students are studying there.”