Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
20 - 26 January 2000
Issue No. 465
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Coordinating peace moves
PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to hold talks with British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook today to discuss the European role in regional peacemaking. Cook's visit is part of continuing consultations between Cairo and various European envoys on the peace process and European-Egyptian cooperation, as well as next April's European-African summit which will be held in Cairo.
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Mubarak Media bonanza
PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak discussed on Monday the future prospects for the Egyptian media with Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif, reports Hanan Sabra.
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A WOMEN'S COUNCIL: During the celebration of World Inner Wheel Day, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak announced that a National Council for Women will be set up in March under the direct supervision of the president.
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Stage set for Africa-Euro summit
What is the significance of organising an African-European cooperation summit? Dina Ezzat looks for an answer

Roosters' wrath
Although it has gained the tentative approval of the People's Assembly, a bill intended to facilitate litigation in personal status disputes has been causing shock waves. Mariz Tadros gauges the reactions

Root solutions this time around?
President Mubarak has urged the elimination of the causes of tension in Al-Kosheh -- the scene of some of the worst incidents of sectarian strife. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports
Kinds of poverty
Businessmen are planning to raise funds for investment in Al-Kosheh, but as Muslim and Coptic intellectuals tell Omayma Abdel-Latif, man does not live by bread alone
Against military pacts
Field Marshal Tantawi believes that, in view of the current military imbalance in the Middle East, military alliances are a principal challenge to national security. Amira Ibrahim reports
Subdued trial for Brotherhood
The Supreme Military Court has resumed hearing the high-profile case of 20 Muslim Brotherhood figures accused of seeking to revive the outlawed group's activities. Khaled Dawoud reports
 
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