Challenging horizons
On the occasion of Labour Day, President Mubarak addressed the main issues confronting Egypt on the road to further progress, reports Nevine Khalil

Russia is important, too
President Mubarak's visit to Russia last week signals the beginning of a new chapter in bilateral relations, writes Gamal Nkrumah

'The only document on the table'
Whether Israel accepts the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative to end violence in the occupied territories may have less to do with the finer points of the proposal than with the broader issue of whether Israel really wants peace at all. Tarek Atia and Nevine Khalil report

The game ahead
The Brothers strike back

Sudan summit Moussa tour A quiet year Boosting cooperation New US ambassador Press Syndicate in action A lonely mummy Saving the cinema San Giovanni down

A sense of history
A specialised British magazine has awarded the new Library of Alexandria the world construction design prize for the year 2000. Rehab Saad writes

Word wars
Ariel Sharon's decision to step up military action in the occupied territories has fuelled anti-Israeli sentiment and brought opposition forces together in the spirit of solidarity, reports Khaled Dawoud

The politics of fatwa
The Saudi Grand Mufti's fatwa against suicide bombings has triggered a hornet's nest. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports on the controversy

Jobs come first
What political reform? The concerns of the country's political elite seem to find little echo on the street, according to the findings of a poll conducted by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies. Omayma Abdel-Latif reviews the poll results

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