...and it's off
In a textbook launch from equatorial French Guyana before dawn yesterday, an Ariane rocket lifted Egypt's first satellite into orbit
Dead-end London?
Prospects for a breakthrough in Middle East peace-making appear bleak following the Cairo meeting between President Mubarak and Netanyahu and Dennis Ross's latest visit to the region. Graham Usher in Jerusalem, Dina Ezzat and Nevine Khalil in Cairo report.
Wire dispatches
Unremitting sanctions
Despite a favourable report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN Security Council has once again bowed to US demands and voted to maintain anti-Iraq sanctions at their current level
 A question of implementation
Arab interior and justice ministers have signed their first anti-terrorism treaty but, as Amira Ibrahim reports, much will depend on the parties' commitment to implementation
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