Al-Ahram Weekly Online
3 - 9 January 2002
Issue No.567
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A new alignment?
The boosting of Sino-Arab political and economic cooperation was top of the agenda during the Chinese foreign minister's recent visit according to Gamal Nkrumah

The Blairs in town
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family visited Egypt last week to celebrate New Year in the land of the Pharaohs --read on--

Soul-Searching in NDP
Are reforms passed by the ruling National Democratic Party already coming undone? Gamal Essam El-Din explores the stir around two controversial by-elections

The treasures of Umm Al-Rakham
A chapel dedicated to Ramses II, who ruled over Egypt for more than 60 years during the 19th dynasty, has been discovered in Marsa Matrouh governorate. Nevine EL-Aref reports

Honouring a legend
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak opened on Friday the Kawkab Al-Sharq (Star of the East) Museum --read on--

Trials aplenty
The Supreme Military Court resumed this week trials of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and suspected militants charged with "plotting to assassinate top figures," reports Khaled Dawoud

Changing their tune
A decision by Sweden to extradite two Egyptian militants marks a shift in attitude among Western nations on political asylum in the wake of 11 September, reports Jailan Halawi

Newsreel
Arab coordination
Egypt's perspective
Better ties with Iraq
Judges sentenced
'Long live justice'
On again off again


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