Reactions in Egypt to Israel's bloody attack on the Freedom Flotilla attempting to break the siege on Gaza have been resolute and loud, Amira Howeidy reports

Dina Ezzat listens to Egyptian calls for a greater African role in world affairs in the French Riviera city of Nice

If the results of the Shura Council reveal anything, it is the determination of the ruling NDP and the Muslim Brotherhood to exchange accusations, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

NGOs and legal experts have been pressing for Egyptian expatriates to vote, Mona El-Nahhas reports

The government's decision to extend the emergency law for two more years drew an angry response from members of the National Council for Human Rights, Reem Leila reports

The newly elected chairman of the Wafd Party has promised to revive Egypt's oldest political party. But is there any basis for optimism, asks Shaden Shehab

Ex-IAEA director Mohamed El-Baradei is back in Cairo, and his supporters are asking him to stay, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that the Orthodox Church must allow remarriages, reports Reem Leila

The retrial of business tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa delivers yet more surprises, writes Shaden Shehab