Tied and bound
If they can't stop a war in Iraq, the Arabs are taking measures to limit the repercussions. Nevine Khalil reports

A new tack
As Sharon prepares to form yet another government, Egypt is reaching out to Israel. Soha Abdelaty reports on the change of tactics, if not of heart

Commitment renewed
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak has officially inaugurated the site of the new American University in Cairo (AUC) campus situated in New Cairo, some 40 kilometres east of the university's present location...

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Worldly and godly rites of faith: About two million Muslims this week stood on Mount Arafat where it is believed the gates of heaven are open to the prayers of the pious; they were winding up their hajj (pilgrimage), the fifth pillar of Islam...

The calm before the storm
The confrontation between opposition MPs and the NDP-dominated People's Assembly is in a hiatus for the Eid holiday; however, as Gamal Essam El-Din reports, it may well explode when parliament resumes in just over a week

Indigenous space
Garbage collectors in Giza are negotiating with the governorate for a role alongside the foreign companies who are to take over waste management in the area this spring. Dena Rashed investigates

Newsreel
A journalist with the independent financial daily El-Alam El-Youm, Ibrahim El-Sahari, was arrested on Sunday...