Open-ended dialogue
Cairo and Tel Aviv spoke extensively this week, but prospects for an impasse in the Arab-Israeli crisis still seem elusive. Nevine Khalil reports from Alexandria

Elections or dissolution
Will a three-month deadline hanging over their heads prod members of the Liberal Party to take active steps to elect a chairman? Mona El-Nahhas seeks

Reforming the NDP
According to President Mubarak, the National Democratic Party remains in need of both a sustained rejuvenation effort, as well as serious reforms to its internal structures. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Passing the buck
Mohamed El-Wekil's lawyer described allegations of bribery against his client -- the news director of Egypt's state-owned television -- as weak. Jailan Halawi reports

Disputed dismissal
An EgyptAir pilot has been fired on charges that he jeopardised the lives of his passengers and crew. But as he tells Amira Ibrahim, he was sacked for different reasons

Brotherhood roundup
Police continued their clampdown on the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, arresting 28 members for allegedly planning pro-Palestinian demonstrations, reports Khaled Dawoud

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