Tabloids' outrageous toll
Mixing sex, religion and crime to boost the circulation of a tabloid has triggered a crisis that dealt a dangerous blow to national unity and press freedom. Shaden Shehab reports on the fallout

Unprecedented show of Coptic anger
Thousands of Copts, for the first time ever, have staged angry protest demonstrations at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbasiya, disrupting traffic for three consecutive days. Nadia Abou El-Magd was there

Ripe time for new faces
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher's four-day trip to Washington will not be a joy ride, writes Tarek Atia

"Let us not fool ourselves"
With no apparent signs of easing the closure on Palestinian territories, attempts to halt the Intifada will be of no avail. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem

Just a security measure?
Syria has redeployed its troops in Lebanon but denies that the move is a result of opposition to its military presence. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

Best of enemies
Egypt's two largest investment banks, and once hated rivals, EFG-Hermes and CIIC, are to merge. For the merger to be a success, the bankers will need to put past sourness behind them, writes Jasper Thornton

Inauspicious timing
It's the best time to go shopping, before prices rise by 1 July when the final stages of the sales tax come into effect, reports Mona El-Fiqi

Europe skewers Bush
US President George W Bush's European tour was a disaster. But that is no surprise given America's current ideological tendencies, argues Gamal Nkrumah

Ghouls in Gothenburg
Police shot at protesters at the EU summit in Gothenburg last week, even as they boasted of their "restraint." Meanwhile the protesters were clobbered again: by the media, writes Faiza Rady

Travel

New finds come to light
Two noteworthy discoveries have been made, at Karnak and Saqqara. Nevine El-Aref looks into them

Sports

Games of the military
Fifty years after hosting its first world military football championship, Egypt is doing so again. Amira Ibrahim reports