Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 November - 5 December 2007
Issue No. 873
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Down to business, and bribes
After two weeks of procedural sessions, opposition and independent MPs are determined to shower ministers with questions intended to embarrass, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Give citizens a say
Gamal Nkrumah sounds out the organisers and participants at the conference on citizenship rights in Egypt
Putting the squeeze on virus
Due to the increasing number of patients infected with hepatitis C, a promising national programme has swung into action. Reem Leila reports
A partial backdown
Judges meet tomorrow to debate their response to the Ministry of Justice's draft law regulating the Higher Council for Judicial Bodies, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Row over Ricciardone's visits
Francis Ricciardone, the US ambassador to Cairo, denies he is playing the role of an American high commissioner in Egypt, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Central city blues
While the government abruptly cancelled surprise plans to move the capital out of Cairo, Reem Leila wonders what if

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