Al-Ahram Weekly
21 - 28 January 1999 Issue No. 413
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Parliamentary crisis over US grant A month of fasting did little to dissuade MPs from charging "favouritism" in the disbursement of a US grant. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
EU curbs Egyptian potatoes Egyptian potato exporters are still suffering at the hands of the European Union. Sherine Nasr reports on the latest crisis
Weighing our own anchor Despite talk to the contrary, 1998 came and went without a single public sector bank being privatised. Mustafa Kamel El-Sayed reviews the arguments in favour and against
Upwardly mobile Competition is heating up between GSM providers, writes Niveen Wahish, as MobiNil launches its latest promotion
