Shura poll to put NDP shuffle to the test
Following the ruling NDP's three-month internal review, President Hosni Mubarak has appointed new heads for party offices in 18 governorates. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

For Iraq (with)out Saddam
The slew of humanitarian flights to Baghdad have lost their novelty, but not their pomp. Nadia Abou El-Magd walks the fine line between solidarity and showmanship all the way to the Iraqi capital

Ancient paintings brought to light
THE WALL paintings at St Anthony's Monastery have long been known to monks and to art historians, but until recently they were obscured by thick accretions of soot, candle grease, oil and dust. Early this week, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), in collaboration with the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE), held a ceremony marking the completion of a project to clean and restore these unique wall paintings, reports Nevine El-Aref

Charge proves negative
Heritage online
More time, less stones

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