The dash ahead of the deadline
As the clock ticks towards the 7 July deadline for Israel's unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Damascus and Cairo are involved in intensive consultations. Nevine Khalil reports |
Catching up with global progress
Denying reports of his impending candidacy in the coming general elections, Gamal Mubarak, a member of the ruling party and spokesman for the Egyptian-American Presidents' Council, insisted that the overall economic picture in Egypt was reassuring |
A storybook success
The American University in Cairo Press commemorates 40 successful years of doing business. Dahlia Hammouda writes
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Rights NGO wins legal status
By signing an agreement with the Arab Organisation for Human Rights that affirms its legality, the government has shown its willingness to accommodate non-governmental human rights groups, reports Dina Ezzat
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Students riot over novel
Calm has been restored to Al-Azhar University following student demonstrations against a Syrian-authored book denounced by the students as blasphemous. Meanwhile, the government has banned the book. Jailan Halawi reports |
A place for the Brotherhood
Having announced that its members will contest the coming parliamentary elections, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is keeping a low profile, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif
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A university storm
Although government officials affirm that a new draft law governing universities is intended to upgrade educational standards, experts insist that some of its provisions represent a setback. Shaden Shehab reviews the debate
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Sitting in at the Bar
With cries of injustice and affront, lawyers of the long-troubled Bar Association are up in arms over last month's decision to extend judicial supervision, Mona El-Nahhas reports |
Debating Holocaust denial
The libel trial initiated by David Irving, a British revisionist historian of Nazi Germany, against one of his critics has resurrected some nasty intellectual ghosts in Europe. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports on how the controversy is viewed on this side of the Mediterranean
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