Development news round-up: Worsening US-Egypt relations, aid agencies ready to help Philippine earthquake victims, and more

Today, we reported:

• Noose tightening on US aid to Egypt

• Survey: Most Egyptians are against US economic aid

• Aid agencies gear up to assist in Philippine earthquake aftermath

• Sahel needs resilience-building aid programs

• US lifts sanction on Myanmar

• Asia-Pacific moves against HIV

• IFC skills training program awaits Indians

Other must reads:

• Catherine Ashton selects Peter Zsoldos, Javier Niño Perez as EU delegation heads in Libya, Haiti

• IFC allocates $124M for MENA’s health, commercial risk insurance services

• Ban Ki-moon calls on donors to deliver 2012 pledges to Palestinian Authority immediately

• January floods portend year-long flooding that may affect more than 100M people

• EU promises aid to Palestinian Authority if ‘it is peaceful and accepts Israel’s right to exist’

• Malawi president to NGOs: You need to be ‘transparent and accountable’ too

• Social enterprise Sevenly’s new cause: Save malnourished children in Sudan

• American aid worker rescued by Navy SEALs ‘overwhelmed and grateful’

• Southeast Asia should prepare for rise in food prices – ADB

• $12M funding gap may hamper WFP’s food program in Zimbabwe

• Sleeping sickness drug could cure second-largest parasitic killer in developing countries too, scientists say

• Women’s inclusion in development projects: All talk, no action

• David Cameron re-affirms UK decision to continue aid programs in India

• WFP hosts AusAid-funded emergency preparedness program in the Philippines

• Aid-for-trade policy still alive in the UK

• Review of government officials doubling as AusAid advisers a step forward, but still has limitations

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