Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 16 March 2005
Issue No. 733
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Nour candidacy overshadows paper's first day
Detained Al-Ghad Party Chairman Ayman Nour's announcement about intending to run in the coming presidential elections wreaked havoc at the printing press. Mona El-Nahhas reports
US throws $1 million into the fray
Outgoing US Ambassador David Welch stunned political watchers by announcing a new $1 million US grant for NGOs aiming to monitor this year's presidential and parliamentary elections. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Rejecting the US anti-Semitism act
Egyptian and Arab legal experts said the US's new global anti-Semitism monitoring law was biased, and illegitimate. Gihan Shahine attends the first conference on the issue
How did the boy king die?
After studying a comprehensive CT-scan of Tutankhamun's mummy, scientists discounted a century-old idea that the boy king died after being hit on the back of the head. Nevine El-Aref reports
Statue move's massive preparations
It looks like it's going to take a little bit longer than expected to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from its current location in Cairo's busiest square
Strange bedfellows battle for the Bar
The government seems to be playing both ends against the middle as the Nasserist-Muslim Brotherhood contest over the Bar Association comes to a head this week. Mona El-Nahhas reports
Growing anger at arrests
With thousands said to be still detained without charges in the post-Taba crackdown, the situation in Sinai remains tense, reports Mustafa El-Menshawy
More maternal rights
Custody disputes raise questions like, "Is it better for a child to live with the mother or father?" and "What does the child prefer?" Legally, at least, some of these issues were settled by parliament last week, reports Reem Leila

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