President Bush's criticism of Israel's settlement policies is not going to be enough, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

Sharon continues to thwart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts while extremists vow to storm the second most sacred site of Islam, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Two years after the invasion, Iraqis want the occupation troops out. Will the new Iraqi leadership respond? Omayma Abdel-Latif writes

Two years after the US invasion of Iraq, Mothanna Harith Al-Dhari takes stock of the Muslim Scholars Association's championing of resistance

In an exclusive interview, Nader Fergany, lead author of the third Arab Human Development Report, takes on the many controversies surrounding the report's release

Not always popular but adept at survival, Ahmed Chalabi talks to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad

Israel is trying to run before it can walk in its pursuit of bilateral relations with Arab countries, writes Nevine Khalil

DNA tests reveal the identity of the Al-Azhar suicide bomber, writes Jailan Halawi

Opposition politicians warned the government not to use Al-Azhar blast as a pretext to clamp down on political reform. Mona El-Nahhas reports

Parliamentary discussion of President Mubarak's proposed constitutional amendment began yesterday, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Gihan Shahine sifts through the just-released UN Arab Human Development Report -- which is highly critical of the region's oppressive regimes -- and asks its lead author some tough questions

The new multi-ethnic, multi-religious political class in Iraq wishes to curry favour with voters not bombers, writes Faleh Jabar

Jordan's change in government marks an attempt to speed up domestic reforms and improve the country's relations with its neighbours, writes Sana Abdallah in Amman

Al-Rass battle was another nail in Al-Qaeda's coffin, writes Rasheed Abou-Alsamh in Jeddah

The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank head has thrown Africa into a frenzy, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Musharraf is Washington's trump card in her plan to confront Iran, writes Abid Mustafa

The Cairo bomb attack caused some anxious moments. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

Nehad Selaiha basks in the sunny presence of a great diva at the National

Rania Khallaf welcomes a child literature specialist in Cairo

Dena Rashed quizzes out so many gorgeous contestants