Melt-down
The heat, a kite, laundry? Fatemah Farag braves soaring temperatures in search of the reasons behind Cairo's power cuts

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE 1952 REVOLUTION

Egypt

Enter the EU
Recent developments have allowed the EU to play a more pronounced role in the peace process. Soha Abdelaty reports

Brotherhood wings clipped
The Supreme Military Court sentenced 16 leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to prison terms ranging between three and five years. Khaled Dawoud was at Haikstep military camp where the trial was held

'Determined to fight on'
Sociologist Saadeddin Ibrahim's retrial ended with another guilty verdict, and a score of shocked reactions. Jailan Halawi reports

Region

Burying the ceasefire
Israel's bombing of Gaza last week not only killed 15 Palestinians. It buried the most serious Palestinian move toward a ceasefire in seven months, say Palestinians. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem

Bombs and pogroms
In a week that witnessed Israeli settlers go on a rampage in Hebron, killing a young girl and injuring 20 people, Palestinians in Nablus began a tentative collective resistance to the curfew. Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron

Suffer the little children
Most of the victims of Israel's attack on a residential area in Gaza were children. Taghreed El-Khodary tells the story of seven of the 11 children who lost their lives

Too many cooks
Saber rattling in Washington is bringing to the fore latent differences among Iraqi dissident groups, writes Salah Hemeid

International

Economy

Somali peace on hold
Factional fighting flared up in war-torn Somalia even as preparations for a Somali national reconciliation conference in Kenya are stalled, writes Gamal Nkrumah

France protests Moussaoui trial
The trial of French national Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person indicted for involvement in last year's 11 September attacks on New York and Washington, begins next month amid disagreement between France and the US over the possible use of the death penalty, writes David Tresilian from Paris

Above the law
Has the US turned its back on international law? Nyier Abdou looks at the Bush administration's aggressive stance on the International Criminal Court

Music to Western ears
The first ever UNDP report on human development in the Arab region lamented the lack of freedom and scientific research in this part of the world. Galal Amin questions the findings

Living

Features

... tied up with string
Is it really the thought that counts? Nesmahar Sayed unwraps the issue

Travel

Heritage

Anything grows
Winston Churchill once said the Mediterranean coast west of Alexandria had "the best climate in the world". Jenny Jobbins checks out what else makes it so special

Sports

The price of fame
A shocking decision leaves the Al-Sharqiya Hockey team and its technical manager sidelined from the pitch for the next three years. Abeer Anwar investigates the African Hockey Federation's (AHF) stunning decision