Justice from abroad
Egypt, predictably, has dismissed a US report which blames an Egyptian co-pilot for the 1999 crash of EgyptAir flight 990 over the Atlantic. Anayat Durrani, in Washington and Amira Ibrahim, in Cairo, report

Rail disaster trial
Eleven railway employees are to be tried on charges of gross negligence in Egypt's worst train accident which claimed hundreds of lives. Jailan Halawi reports

Guilty on appeal
Acquitted of all charges in his first trial, Sherif El-Filali, accused of spying for Israel, was sentenced to a mammoth 15-year prison term on appeal. Shaden Shehab was in court

Making for consensus fatwa
Mona El-Nahhas talked to the new mufti about Dar El-Iftaa's expected role

Overseer of an antique
Zahi Hawass, whose appointment as head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities was announced last week, spoke to Nevine El-Aref of his determination "to guard, protect and preserve for eternity" Egypt's ancient heritage.

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