On Sunday President Hosni Mubarak is expected to announce a raft of constitutional amendments, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

After uneasy cohabitation with the government, Shia ministers have filed for divorce, plunging Lebanon into crisis, reports Lucy Fielder in Beirut

The new Palestinian government of technocrats may bring an end to sanctions, and hope for the peace process reports Khaled Amayreh

Sectarian tension in Iraq is increasing, as cracks are forming in the fragile governing coalition, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti

Dina Ezzat is shocked by the Arabs' endless ability to accommodate Israeli violations and American arrogance

If news reports are anything to go by, Egypt appears to be in the middle of a crime wave. Jailan Halawi delves beneath the headlines

Judges meet tomorrow to discuss what action to take in the face of Ministry of Justice attempts to bankrupt their clubs, reports Mona El-Nahhas

Allegations by an Egyptian who claims to have been kidnapped in Milan, then tortured in Cairo, raise fresh concerns over the practice of extraordinary rendition. Jailan Halawi, in Cairo, and Samia Nkrumah, in Rome, report

Erica Silverman reports on the desolation wrought by the Israelis in Beit Hanoun, which was also compounded by technical ineptness

Peace talks between Khartoum and Darfur's armed opposition groups that rejected the Abuja peace accord will resume in Asmara instead, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Did Israel use uranium munitions in Lebanon, and if so what are the potential hazards? In Beirut, Serene Assir reports on a controversial scientific debate

In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Dina Ezzat seeks out the Israeli drive for peace

Soaring prices pushed the Central Bank to raise interest rates to restrain them. Sherine Abdel-Razek explores the causes and consequences of the move

Joel Wendland extrapolates on how the Congressional elections, virtually a referendum on Bush's Iraq war, will influence US foreign policy

While the Sassanids are perhaps best known for their defeat at the hands of Arab forces in 642 CE, a new exhibition reveals more about their empire than its sudden final collapse, writes David Tresilian in Paris

Marriage, virtue, honour: Mohamed El-Assyouti watches yet another romantic merry-go-rounds

Might as well face it, rocks Injy El-Kashef : you're addicted to Lost

Amira El-Noshokaty learns a truly universal tongue

Dena Rashed follows in the footsteps of an artist -- and some red helmets