Dina Ezzat reads into the political signals intended by Egypt's abrupt cancellation of consecutive visits by top Israeli and Palestinian officials

Public perceptions of the government's performance have improved, according to the results of an NDP poll, Mohamed El-Sayed reports

Egypt is embroiled in a host of open-ended scenarios, writes Dina Ezzat

El-Baradei's call for an election boycott has divided the Coalition of Egyptian Opposition Parties, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Egypt is offering aid and investment projects to upstream countries as part of its political and diplomatic efforts to woo Nile Basin states, reports Reem Leila

The judges-lawyers crisis continues and there appears to be a motive, reports Mona El-Nahhas

The Supreme Constitutional Court overturned an earlier ruling allowing the remarriage of divorced Christians even though the unified personal status law remains unresolved, Reem Leila reports

Allegations by the widow of Ashraf Marwan that her husband was murdered by Mossad, and the opening of the inquest into his death in London, have led to a flurry of speculation in the Egyptian press, reports Gamal Nkrumah

Silent vigils, and government insistence that the culprits will be held accountable, continue, reports Mohamed El-Sayed

Recent hikes in rice prices place a heavy burden on ordinary consumers. Mona El-Fiqi looks into the reasons for the price increases

Meat prices are soaring out of control. Ahmed Kotb investigates

The stock market has a new chief today. Niveen Wahish gauges reactions to the change

From the Strip, Saleh Al-Naami reports on the determined course of a Libyan aid vessel

Israeli settlement expansion continues to make a mockery of efforts to reach a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

In rolling over before Netanyahu in Washington, Barack Obama has proven that he cares more about US mid-term elections than Israeli-Palestinian peace, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Israel's urban planning policies for East Jerusalem aim at expelling all Palestinians in favour of Jews only, writes Stephen Lendman

Are tensions between UNIFIL and the residents of south Lebanon a case of simple misunderstanding, or are they the sign of a deeper lack of trust, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif in Bint Jbeil

The Sudanese are split on the repercussions of next year's referendum even as the ICC steps up pressure on the government, writes Gamal Nkrumah

What is stopping Iraqi politicians from forming a new government, asks Salah Hemeid

According to Tehran, the UAE's implementation of sanctions on Iran goes beyond what the UN has authorised, writes Rasha Saad

The recent blasts in Kampala corroborate that clamping down on militant Islamists is more important than ever, concludes Gamal Nkrumah

America hopes General Petraeus will do in Afghanistan what he did in Iraq. Afghans fear he might, writes Graham Usher

Hani Mustafa deals with Mohamed Saad's latest

Ati Metwaly goes Japanese

As Spain celebrates its hard-earned victory, Serene Assir takes part in the fun