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The National Democratic Party's (NDP) economic conference, held this week, focused on ways to improve and promote Egypt's export record which hovers at around $5 billion a year, compared with a staggering $17 billion in imports. The conference, the seventh such meeting by the NDP, ended on Sunday with the recommendation that all government policies and programmes should be streamlined to increase exports.

A raft for the 21st century
Will Egypt sink or float in the 21st century? According to Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, Egypt will float, but only if certain conditions are met

Thinking globally
Mrs Mubarak called for a global dimension to be given to the country's national vision of social development, at a preparatory conference on social development. Rania Khallaf attended

Time for Sudan
Are the latest signs of rapprochement between Egypt and Sudan and an inter-Sudanese reconciliation for real? Probably yes, writes Dina Ezzat

Sixth primary back and forth
The cabinet's decision to restore the sixth primary school year caused educationists to breathe a sigh of relief but, as Shaden Shehab reports, left many parents angry and confused

'Hussein group' faces rising opposition
Internal conflicts in the Labour Party have taken a serious turn, with a number of prominent figures dissenting and organising an extraordinary general congress next week. Gamal Essam El-Din follows the evolving party battle

'Fake' journalist faces more charges
As some 3,500 journalists prepare to go to the polls next month to elect a chairman for their press syndicate, charges of fraud are being pressed against the founder of an "illegal" union, reports Shaden Shehab

Message from Amman

Condolences for China

New envoy to UN

Joint seminar

Trip postponed

Taking part in COMESA

Presidential nomination

Meeting on Iraq

Nujoma in Cairo

Smugglers arrested

Technology exchange

'There is no truce'
Interior Minister El-Adli has ruled out a truce in the war against Islamist militants, but affirmed that the policy of releasing detainees who renounce violence will continue. Jailan Halawi reports

Dissolved board wins legal battle
Members of the dissolved Front of Al-Azhar Ulama have emerged victorious from a legal battle with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. Mona El-Nahhas reports

Militant sought from Canada
A suspected militant has been arrested in Canada while another extradited suspect is being interrogated in Cairo

Defining the public interest
The inhabitants of a shantytown have won a lawsuit against the state, saving them from eviction but, as Mariz Tadros reports, the residents of a posh high-rise may soon end up on the streets

Archaeologists up in arms
The proposed relocation of the Islamic Museum to the Citadel area continues to draw opposition from leading archaeologists. Nevine El-Aref follows the debate

Obituary
'The power of knowledge'
Yassin Abdel-Ghaffar