Remains of history
The mystery of Saddam Hussein's whereabouts ended on Sunday when the deposed Iraqi president appeared in US custody after surrendering a day earlier

A piece of the pie
It could be the trial of the century, but who gets to do it, and where?

A long year ahead
The capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gave a huge boost to US President George Bush and dealt a temporary blow to his opponents

The morning after
Prominent Iraqi politicians on the US capture of Saddam Hussein

Over and out
Like everyone else Israelis and Palestinians were enthralled by the images of Saddam Hussein's capture, but for different reasons

Jumbled reactions
The US capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has elicited mixed feelings and speculation on the streets of Cairo

'The prisoner is Saddam'
An anti-war conference of Arab and international activists paused as the Iraqi president's capture was announced

Mood swings follow US capture of Saddam
News of the capture of Saddam triggered mixed reactions across the Arab world, from jubilation to shock and disbelief

Region:

Searching for a cease-fire
The Egyptian-mediated inter-Palestinian cease-fire talks resumed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday amid fresh indications that Hamas and Islamic Jihad might soften their conditions for a new truce with Israel

Squeezing Saudi Arabia
Despite official opposition, a recent Saudi Arabia Accountability Act introduced in Congress will most likely allow the Bush administration to increase pressure on the ruling family in the kingdom

Egypt:

A new beginning
Cairo expects the capture of Saddam to accelerate the pace of the power handover to the Iraqis and pave the way for a constructive peace process

By-election legal quagmire
Last week's judicial ruling limiting the 25 December by-elections in 17 districts to candidates who ran in the original contests seems to have entered an infinite legal loop

Long way to go
Human rights organisations had little to celebrate on this year's Human Rights Day

Same old, same old
Egyptian industrialists complain that problems they faced two decades ago have yet to be solved

EGYPT BID 2010:

Beginning of the ball
The Ancient Egyptians, history tells, are not only the inventors of sports, but of ball itself