Parliament extends President Mubarak's authority to conclude military purchases in secret despite objections from opposition MPs, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Fifty years after UNESCO completed its Nubia campaign, one monument is still in need of rescuing from the water, says Nevine El-Aref

The aviation minister stressed that the global financial crisis will not have a detrimental effect on the transport business in Egypt, Amirah Ibrahim reports

The 30th anniversary of the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement follows hot on the heels of Israel's bloody war on Gaza, just beyond Egypt's northeastern border. Could Cairo have done more to stop the war if it hadn't signed a peace agreement with Israel? Former foreign minister Ahmed Maher tells Amira Howeidy there's no room for regret

Those who criticise the Egypt-Israel peace treaty fail to see its nuanced importance or produce credible counter-arguments against it, writes Abdel-Moneim Said