Water is not the problem. A lack of goodwill and the underutilisation of agricultural cooperation are, remarks Gamal Nkrumah

Ahli took a giant step toward the double after defeating cross town derby rivals Zamalek 3-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Egyptian Cup

Egyptians weren't too happy with FIFA's penalising of the national football team but had worse things to say about their own soccer officials, Inas Mazhar reports

Protests and sit-ins in front of parliament have been banned by security forces, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

New plans introduced to President Mubarak might solve the country's exasperating traffic congestion, reports Reem Leila

Gamal Essam El-Din looks at the likely battle lines in next week's Shura Council vote

The Union for the Mediterranean's second summit has been postponed for five months, reports Doaa El-Bey

A new state-of-the-art airport has been inaugurated in Sohag. Amirah Ibrahim explores the new facility and the promising opportunities that await Upper Egypt

That the course of the current dispute over Nile water should have come as such a surprise to Egypt points to a major part of the problem, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Dina Ezzat reports on high-level Egyptian attempts to dissuade Nile Basin states from any action that could compromise Egypt's share of Nile water

Reem Leila talks to experts about the causes of the escalating dispute over water from the River Nile

While Egypt's global economic ranking is improving, systemic weaknesses hold real progress at bay, Sherine Nasr reports

Objections from opposition deputies didn't stop parliament from approving the 2010/11 budget, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The Palestinian political rift remains un-bridged, with the people suffering the consequences of their leaders' failures, writes Saleh Al-Naami

A comprehensive, cross-factional boycott of Jewish settlement products and produce has been launched across the West Bank, writes Khaled Amayreh

The latest Palestinian Human Development Report, in foregrounding donor-driven development, is being accused of concealing the main problem: Israel's occupation, Amira Howeidy reports

A breakthrough in the crisis facing Iraq is far from certain, with the country's politicians now looking towards foreign intervention, writes Salah Hemeid

Municipal elections in the south were more about politics than services, Omayma Abdel-Latif reports from Bint Jbeil

On a visit to Hizbullah's museum of resistance in south Lebanon, Raed El-Rafei discovers a new resort for resistance tourism

Any final agreement from the NPT revision conference, due to end on Friday, will be determined by last minute trade offs, writes Ezzat Ibrahim from New York

Henry Kissinger said the United States had no foreign policy -- only domestic politics. That seems true when it comes to Iran, writes Graham Usher

Persian patience seems infinite, marvels Amani Maged

The kerfuffle over the currency and the sinking of the South Korean corvette, the Cheonan, clouds prospects for a complacent Sino-American summit, concludes Gamal Nkrumah

The Egyptian Cup got underway in earnest and will finish in a hurry. Ahmed Morsy reports