The political reform gap between opposition parties and the ruling NDP will probably widen when the two sides meet for a national dialogue. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

'Am Taha (12 February 1916 - 24 November 2004):

Human rights groups are charging that wide scale abuses were committed by police in North Sinai following the Taba bombings. Mustafa El-Menshawy reports

Catching a cab in Cairo may soon become very complicated, reports Reem Nafie

With Egypt resuming its attempts to facilitate Middle East peace on both the Syrian and Palestinian tracks, the latter looks more likely to work

Last week -- less than a month after the Al-Ghad Party was finally licensed -- the Political Parties Committee approved the foundation of yet another party. Mona El-Nahhas reports