Despite a glowing official report on the performance of the new parliament it remains, say many, little more than a rubber stamp, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya's leadership denies that it has joined ranks with Al-Qaeda and has restated its continued commitment to a nine-year-old ceasefire initiative, writes Jailan Halawi

Divisions within the Tagammu Party continue to undermine its performance, reports Mona El-Nahhas

On 28 July the Interior Ministry released several defendants implicated in high- profile corruption cases under new regulations covering remand-in-custody, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Salonaz Sami reports on the launch of a new Internet radio station, the brainchild of a group of young political activists