During talks with President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) discussed the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, which is scheduled for July...

The particulars of proposed political reform were being hammered out this week by both the national dialogue and the People's Assembly. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Have demands for political reform reached fever pitch? Omayma Abdel-Latif wonders whether Egypt's long anticipated democratic spring has actually arrived

The first annual report of the state-backed National Council for Human Rights was a lot tougher on the government than expected. Gihan Shahine looks for significance

Over 1,000 judges vowed to boycott presidential and parliamentary elections unless the government responded to their demands. Mona El-Nahhas reports

A dispute between tenant farmers and landlords in the rural village of Surad led to a deadly clash, reports Yasmine Fathi

Investigations revealed that the Al-Azhar bomber had accomplices, and that his intentions were not suicidal, writes Jailan Halawi

A Cairo criminal court sentenced three journalists to one-year prison terms for libel and slander of the housing minister, reports Salonaz Sami

"Giza at the turn of the century" was the theme of this year's Egyptian World Heritage Day celebration. Nevine El-Aref took part

Dena Rashed takes a peek at the big plans in store for Heliopolis's 100th anniversary celebration