Consulting on Wye
 Following a meeting with President Mubarak, Yasser Arafat said talks with Israel were facing difficulties but, reports Khaled Dawoud, Foreign Minister Moussa denied there was a crisis
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One more MP is put behind bars, bringing the current total up to five. Meanwhile, the Judicial authorities have been joined by a Delta governor in giving this parliament a hard time. Gamal Essam El-Din on the track of a scandal that won't let up
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In prison again
A Cairo criminal court has ordered the maximum penalty against three Al-Shaab journalists for slandering a minister in an apparent warning to opposition journalists that there are red lines that should not be crossed. Khaled Dawoud reports
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Foot-dragging
on the Bar
The government has failed to abide by a court ruling ending the three-year sequestration imposed on the Bar Association but, as Mona El-Nahhas reports, lawyers are determined to pressure the government to take action
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Journalists vow to resist
The prison sentences given to the three Al-Shaab journalists triggered anger in civil society and revived calls for amending the press law. Shaden Shehab gauges reactions
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Six vs three in liberal leadership scramble
Six of the nine men claiming leadership of the Liberal Party finally sat down together. But, as Nadia Abou Al-Magd reports, no solution for the party's internal problems appears to be in sight
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Round and round they go
Intentions to establish a new Nasserist-Islamist party have been made public, but what does it all mean? Fatemah Farag looks at the bigger picture
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Former militants
seek legal party
Former members of the underground Jihad group want to establish a political party whose aim will be to Islamicise society by peaceful means. Jailan Halawi reports
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 A powerful presence
I will always remember Nawal El-Mahallawi sitting quietly on an uncomfortable chair at Cairo Airport, waiting for her daughter Amina to arrive from Paris.--read on--
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Keeping culture afloat
 Following a month-long debate, a Cairo Governorate decision to dismantle a "floating" theatre has been revoked by the prime minister. Nevine El-Aref reports
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