A new round of Egyptian-Palestinian presidential talks took place Tuesday, Dina Ezzat reports

The sound of the anti-hunger call made in Rome is easily heard in Cairo

President Hosni Mubarak's speech before Saturday's joint meeting of the People's Assembly and Shura Council will focus on political developments over the next two years, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Dina Ezzat laments the senseless Egyptian-Algerian furore

Egypt lags behind much of the world when it comes to rates of swine flu infection and fatalities from the virus. Yet the public, aided and abetted by the media, is increasingly fearful, reports Reem Leila

Nevine El-Aref reviews plans to develop the Corniche at Luxor