'Frankly speaking' In keeping with tradition, this year's Book Fair kicked off with a meeting between President Mubarak and a number of leading writers and thinkers. Nevine Khalil attended the gathering	Talks in Sharm On the eve of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Sunday, President Hosni Mubarak conferred with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Aqaba Gulf resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh. --read on--
Police celebrations Egypt will enter the 21st century with a comprehensive vision of the future and a determination to face new challenges, President Hosni Mubarak told a gathering of state officials and police officers at a Police Day ceremony held on Monday at the Police Academy in Abbasiya.

When there is a will... Mrs Suzanne Mubarak was awarded the polio eradication champion award by the International Rotary Organisation at a ceremony on Monday night.

Bleak and challenging Universal stagnation in the Arab world, ambiguous shifts in the regional balance of power and serious challenges for Egyptian diplomacy: 1998 was quite a year, as Dina Ezzat discovers when she reads The Arab Strategic Report Report urges sweeping reforms The annual Arab Strategic Report by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies urges political, economic and social reforms. Shaden Shehab and Mona El-Nahhas review the report's assessment of the domestic scene

Pilots stand their ground EgyptAir pilots are still refusing to operate any extra flights until their demands are met. But, as Amira Ibrahim found out, a solution appears to be at hand