PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak this week received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri for talks that were followed up by a detailed session held by Al-Hariri with Mubarak's top aides and another with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa...

The ruling NDP continues to whittle down its list of parliamentary candidates, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Amira Howeidy weighs the pros and cons of the Muslim Brotherhood's decision to take part in next month's elections despite a security clampdown and boycott calls

Mohsen Shaalan, head of the Fine Arts Section at the Ministry of Culture, has received a three-year suspended sentence following the theft in August of a Van Gogh painting, estimated to be worth $55 million, from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum, reports Nevine El-Aref

Opposition parties intend to give the NDP a run for its money in November, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Programmes continue at improving women's health, reports Reem Leila

Ibrahim Eissa's Al-Dostour will soon be little more than a memory, writes Shaden Shehab

The Supreme Judicial Council has moved to prevent the broadcast of court proceedings, reports Reem Leila

Mohamed Abdel-Baky reports on a new alliance formed to monitor next month's parliamentary elections