Only a beginning
President Hosni Mubarak said the resolutions adopted by the eighth NDP congress only marked the beginning of a new era in which considerable work is required, reports Khaled Dawoud

The dawn of a new era
After re-electing President Hosni Mubarak as its chairman, the eighth congress of the ruling NDP organised two days of intensive debates, before finalising its recommendations. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Changing from within
The NDP's 'new' vision was more organisational than ideological. Omayma Abdel-Latif reviews the party's document on platform and internal regulations

Women unite for peace
Mrs Mubarak is championing an unprecedented initiative for peace, writes Dahlia Hammouda

Temporary relief
Although Baghdad has agreed to permit entrance to weapons inspectors, the spectre of a new UN resolution is keeping Egyptian diplomats busy on the Iraqi front. Soha Abdelaty reports

More secrets on the way?
The world watched as a tiny robot attempted to decipher some of the Great Pyramid's secrets. But Tuesday's live archaeology event, reports Nevine El-Aref, may have actually left onlookers even more perplexed than before