Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 May - 4 June 2008
Issue No. 899
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Same old story
So what is the new Union for the Mediterranean for, asks Doaa El-Bey
Burning issue
How far will the campaign led by Israel succeed in preventing Farouk Hosni from becoming UNESCO's president, Nevine El-Aref asks
Unseemly squabbles
Who will succeed as chairman of the State Council? Mona El-Nahhas tries to find out
No time to sit back
A free press? Well yes and no, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Bar fights to retain gains
Will the Bar Association lose its independence once again? Mona El-Nahhas weighs the odds
Another High Dam
Naga Hammadi's new dyke opens this week. Reem Leila reports on the benefits
A credible alternative
Though the courts have ruled that the closure of the Centre for Trade Unions' and Workers' Services is "unconstitutional" its doors remain shut, reports Faiza Rady

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