 Ties across North Africa
The Middle East peace process and bilateral cooperation topped the Moroccan monarch's agenda during a visit to Cairo, reports Nevine Khalil
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Celebrating solidarity
The prime minister's three-day visit to Lebanon underlined support for its political demands and served to bolster bilateral economic relations. Shaden Shehab reports from Beirut |
A diplomatic coup of sorts
New political developments may serve Egypt's agenda for a Middle East that is free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Dina Ezzat reports |
 Saluting the eagle
The Egyptian and US navies have staged a joint exercise in Red Sea waters. Amira Ibrahim boarded a naval unit to watch
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Cabinet confusion over EU-partnership
What precisely is delaying the signing of the Egyptian-EU partnership? Dina Ezzat and Niveen Wahish look beyond the appearance of intra-governmental disputes
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Dance of the devil
An Alexandria paper factory has been the site of a raging fire. As Fatemah Farag walks through the smoking debris, she discovers that beneath the ashes are smouldering embers that continue to endanger the paper industry
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Labour in limbo
The campaign launched by Labour Party mouthpiece Al-Shaab against the allegedly blasphemous Haydar Haydar novel, A Banquet for Seaweed has culminated in the newspaper's suspension and a practical freeze on all Labour's activities. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
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Islamists vow to fight on
Following a decision that effectively puts a freeze on their activities, leaders of the Labour party vow to fight before the courts. Mona El-Nahhas reports
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Bridging the gap
Al-Azhar's damning report on Haydar's controversial novel has laid bare a growing divide between the institution and the people for whom it is meant to speak. Sheikh Gamal Qutb speaks to Nesmahar Sayed about the role of Al-Azhar and the challenges it faces
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In the way of truth
Describing the campaign launched against him by Al-Shaab as "vile", Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, speaking to Omayma Abdel-Latif, expressed his frustration with virtually all parties to the controversy over the novel, A Banquet for Seaweed, and called for a genuine and reasoned dialogue across Egypt's cultural spectrum
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Banquet serves up indigestion
The suspension of Al-Shaab newspaper did not draw the curtain on Egyptian intellectuals' campaign for defending freedom of expression. Al-Azhar's advent on the scene added yet another twist to the story. Khaled Dawoud presents the facts
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