Parliament in disarray
The People's Assembly may not be dissolved though a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling consigns many members to the political wasteland, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Arabs debate response to the IGC
Is the Arab world divided over the Iraqi Governing Council? asks Salah Hemeid

Welcome to the future
On a recent visit to the US, Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the INC and member of the Iraqi Interim Governing Council, spoke to Amr Shalakany

Hutton's hunt
The Hutton Inquiry is shedding far more light on the death of David Kelly than the government, the BBC or the media had bargained for, reports Alistair Alexander from London

'Can we criticise Israel?'
Although the leadership of the French Socialist Party continues to support Israel come what may, dissent is brewing in the ranks. Jeremy Landor writes from Paris

Egypt:

Drowned in blood
Preliminary investigations into the case of the seven Egyptian workers who drowned in a pool of animal blood in a Jordanian slaughterhouse revealed no "malicious intent". Sana Abdallah reports from Amman

Currency dispute threatens airline services
Foreign airlines operating in Egypt are facing difficult times trying to transfer their remittances in hard currency, Sherine Nasr investigates

Region:

Controlling the gate
Palestinian farmers fear a repeat of 1948 as Israel's apartheid wall separates them from their land. International Solidarity Movement activist John Petrovato writes from Jayyous

A land without Arabs
Israel's policy of land grab turns viable neighbourhoods into ghost towns. Jerry Levin writes from Hebron

Culture:

Of jungles and outer space
Amal Choucri Catta succumbs to the open air

Heritage:

Older than Egypt is Ethiopia
From distant past to the dawn of Islam, Gamal Nkrumah looks at the history of this African nation

'But the greatest
of these is
love'