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4 - 10 June 1998
Issue No.380
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No 'absolute refusal'
Israel's defence minister visited Cairo on Tuesday in one more attempt to revive the faltering peace process, reports Nevine Khalil
MamaMrs Suzanne Mubarak this week opened the electronic library of the Integrated Care Society in Heliopolis --see caption--		 Nilesat goes on air
On Sunday President Mubarak pressed the button and activated the first broadcasting satellite in the Arab world and Africa. Khaled Dawoud attended the ceremony
Balancing
the Barcelona process
Following the meeting of signatories to the Barcelona Declaration in Palermo, Dina Ezzat reviews the tardy progress made so far in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation
Controversial bills before Assembly
Before the People's Assembly goes into a summer recess, three of the most controversial bills in recent history are coming up for debate. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

GOs get their wish?
NGOs wanted a new law and they got one. But, they say, it will only lead to further encroachment on their civil work. Mariz Tadros reviews the roots of their row with the government

Swallowing the right pill
Parliament has given the go-ahead to a controversial bill aimed at tightening the government's control over the flow of medicines into the local market

One more remedy for poverty
A new approach to combat poverty, but will it mean anything in Egypt? Mariz Tadros reports

Egypt-Sudan maintain reconciliation efforts
Azhar-Vatican dialogue
Rose El-Youssef readjustments