Political agenda for Mubarak-Bush summit
With several key issues related to regional security at stake, US officials are welcoming President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Texas next week. Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

Summit rescue mission
Dina Ezzat follows the upbeat Egyptian and Arab diplomacy that is trying to save the Arab summit

No picnic at the ranch
US President George Bush's summit meeting with President Hosni Mubarak will address a number of substantial differences over US foreign policy. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Significant shift?
In an unprecedented move, President Mubarak overturns the ruling of a military tribunal against an Islamist militant and orders a retrial, reports Jailan Halawi

Who runs the river?
Neither Egypt nor the downstream Nile Basin nations are messing about on the river, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Believable guilt?
Found guilty of seeking to spy for Israel, a state security court sentenced a young lawyer to 15 years behind bars

Maadi outrage