More killing
US and British air raids hit civilian and military targets outside the no-fly zones in the north and south of Iraq on Tuesday, killing 19 civilians and wounding 11 others --read on--
Vow to resist
Tthe leader of the Hizbullah guerrilla group, Hassan Nasrallah, has vowed to keep fighting Israeli occupying forces in southern Lebanon --read on--
Dates clash
A meeting of Arab foreign ministers has been rescheduled for 12 September --read on--
Military win
Egypt beat Greece 5-4 on penalty kicks to win the football gold medal at the World Military Games in Croatia on Tuesday --read on--
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'By the scruff of the neck'
Turks dug through rubble with their bare hands yesterday in a desperate search for survivors of a killer earthquake. Gareth Jenkins reports from Istanbul
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No breakthrough in sight
A Palestinian-Israeli agreement on a timetable for the implementation of the Wye Memorandum remains elusive. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem
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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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
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
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
Five and counting
Governor thrashes ruling party
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
Time to clamp down on 'counter-terror'
The 1996 US immigration laws, the result of an overtly anti-Arab 'counter-terror' campaign, are being used to target Arabs and Muslims, wrties Lamis Andoni in Boston
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A night of feasting and devotion
On Tuesday night last week, Moulid Al-Hussein ended with Al-Layla Al-Kabira (the great night), which begins on the last evening of the feast and lasts until dawn. Fayza Hassan sees the moulid through the eyes of the past, while photographer
Mohamed Wassim attended the event
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Wary of Seattle
Egypt and other developing countries have tough negotiations ahead of them in the millennium round of global trade talks. Niveen Wahish reports
Promise kept
Egypt was in fifth place at the end of the track and field events in the Pan-Arab Games, but few people were complaining. Abeer Anwar explains why
Abu Simbel lights up
For the first time since the salvage of the magnificent Abu Simbel temples from certain inundation after the construction of the High Dam was completed in 1971, cruisers on Lake Nasser and tourists flying to the area will soon be able to enjoy a Sound and Light show at the famous monuments of Ramses II and the most beloved of his many wives, Nefertari. Nevine El-Aref updates the progress being made
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