Talking globally
Travelling between a number of foreign cities this week, President Mubarak kept a busy schedule, discussing regional and global issues, writes Nevine Khalil
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MPs lash out at strategic report
Members of Parliament variously praised and lambasted this year's Arab Strategic Report issued by Al-Ahram. Few, if any, had anything good to say about the report's recommendation that the president dissolve the current parliament. Gamal Essam El-Din gauges the reactions
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Egypt's Interior Minister El-Adli seized the occasion of the Arab interior ministers' meeting in Amman to renew Egypt's call for an international conference on terrorism. The meeting, resolving to escalate the battle against terrorism in the region, took up the call. Jailan Halawi attended
Taking terrorism to task
Making anti-terrorism global
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Military trial for militant suspects
The Supreme Military Court has begun the trial of 107 suspected militants, some known for their close connections with Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden. Khaled Dawoud attended
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Clark pleads for jailed Gama'a leader
Former US Attorney-General Ramsey Clark, during a visit to Cairo this week, claimed that the imprisonment of Shiekh Omar Abdel-Rahman in the US is an assault against Islam. Amira Howeidy reports
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Pilots warned
EgyptAir's management is threatening to hire Arab and European pilots in case a minority of its own pilots resume industrial action. Amira Ibrahim interviewed the company's board chairman, Fahim Rayyan
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