The People's Assembly will be busy hammering out the details of President Mubarak's proposal, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Washington welcomed Mubarak's decision to hold multi-presidential elections in Egypt, reports Khaled Dawoud from the US capital

Europe welcomes President Mubarak's decision to permit multi-candidate presidential elections, but pushes for more reforms, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Are there any serious presidential candidates besides the incumbent? Shaden Shehab engages in a 'what if' exercise

Ruling party and opposition MPs, in both houses of parliament, appeared equally dazed as their speakers read out a letter from the president. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

To the shock of many, opposition parties may decide not to take part in the first-ever multi-candidate presidential elections they have long campaigned for. Gihan Shahine finds out why

The Muslim Brothers will not say whether or not they will join the presidential race, the group's supreme guide told Omayma Abdel-Latif

Amira Howeidy reviews the agenda of the reform movement following the president's agreeing to amending Article 76 of the Constitution

Detained Al-Ghad Party chairman may be released very soon, reports Mona El-Nahhas

Cairo is preoccupied with defusing the growing tensions between Syria and the international community, writes Nevine Khalil

Egypt's new ambassador in Israel looks to have some difficult tasks ahead of him, reports Magda El-Ghitany

A potable water contamination scare caused panic in several cities last week. Injy El-Kashef investigates

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Fayoum remains tense, even though a three-day protest by the Coptic youth community over the conversion of two university students to Islam has ended. Jailan Halawi reports

Ignored by the press and sidelined by the authorities the Esco textile workers are on strike, reports Faiza Rady