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Picking up the pieces

The Middle East peace process is still stuck in the mud but Cairo is trying to help find light at the end of the tunnel, writes Nevine Khalil

Relations on the mend
The green light has been given to the promotion of Egyptian-Sudanese relations. Dina Ezzat reports

On behalf of the children
A committee of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood held its first meeting in the Second Decade for the Child. Dahlia Hammouda reports

A 'wish list' for Mubarak
As the next parliamentary elections approach, intellectuals debate the nation's political future. Dina Ezzat attended

Three more years of emergency
The emergency law, in force since 1981, has been extended for three more years, but the government has vowed that the extension will not be at the expense of freedom of expression. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Egyptian elections -- American style
A consultancy firm run by a political science professor is now offering its services for more up-to-date election campaign strategies, reports Amira Howeidy

Surprises galore in Brothers trial
Lawyers defending 20 suspected members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood are doing their best to discredit the evidence presented against their clients. Khaled Dawoud reports on one of the most surprising military trials of recent years

'Albanian returnees' executed
Two prominent Jihad figures, extradited to Egypt by Albania, have been executed at a Cairo prison, writes Jailan Halawi

The religious question
To ban or not to ban? The issue, say Al-Azhar officials, is to protect sacred texts. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports

Tribute to a warrior
Prominent intellectual and political figures took part in a memorial ceremony organised by Al-Ahram for one of its most dutiful and dedicated sons, Lutfi El-Kholi. Amina Elbendary attended

		Al-Ahram Weekly 2 - 8 March 2000 Issue No. 471
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