Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos talks to Abdel-Azim Darwish about prospects of deepening friendship and fruitful collaboration between Egypt and the Mediterranean island nation, which is now a fully-fledged and prosperous European Union member-state

The continuing crisis with Iran is a welcome distraction and blessing in disguise for the beleaguered Bush administration, writes Firas Al-Atraqchi