There are elections planned across the Arab world. But nowhere more than in Egypt, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Opposition to a fifth term for President Mubarak is getting vocal, and virtual, writes Amira Howeidy

Next November's presidential election is increasingly being fought as a battle over the constitution, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

In Baghdad Nermeen Al-Mufti asks Iraqis what they make of the forthcoming polls

Less than a week into his presidency Mahmoud Abbas is facing his first political crisis, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

Dina Ezzat reports on recent Egyptian attempts to contain an explosive regional situation

Sudan releases political prisoners even as it signs a peace deal with the umbrella opposition, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Officials dismiss Israeli claims that Egyptian aircraft regularly violate Israeli airspace, reports Amira Ibrahim

Harith Al-Dhari, head of the Muslim Scholars Association, spoke to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad about the US attempts to court Iraq's Sunnis

The new Palestinian president's visit to the Gaza Strip was not as welcome as he hoped, Serene Assir reports from Gaza

Jamal Juma looks at the conditions of Palestinians under the Israeli "disengagement plan"

Human Rights Watch blasts the US government for using torture as a method of interrogation, writes Faiza Rady

Two decades after the world's worst industrial accident in Bhopal, India, the companies responsible for the disaster are finally in the dock, reports Rajeshree Sisodia from New Delhi

The discovery of lecture halls at Kom Al-Dikka has generated popular interest, hasty conclusions and a number of revelations. Jill Kamil assesses the evidence