    President Mubarak recovers from back surgery (top); and clockwise: a new cabinet is formed; founders of the new Al-Ghad Party; locusts blanket the Cairo sky      Sharon warmly greets Azzam; Hilton Taba in ruins; Boutros Ghali; Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers bid Hodeibi farewell; and protests against Mubarak parent page (30 December 2004 - 5 January 2005, issue #723) |