Dina Ezzat examines the messages President Mubarak is sending to friends and adversaries, home and abroad

It might be spring equinox but it's a new political era for Sudan, declaims Gamal Nkrumah

Egypt tried to ease the pressure the US put on Syria and Lebanon, reports Doaa El-Bey

The ruling NDP and other political parties have begun preparing for mid-term elections of the Consultative Council scheduled for June. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

A large section of society has decided not to eat meat after its recent skyrocketing cost, Reem Leila reports

Confrontations between security forces and opposition movements could lessen or could get worse, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky

Gamal Mubarak returned to politics, paying visits to Egyptian villages and supervising preparations for Shura Council elections, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

After a week of stormy events at the Pharmacists' Syndicate, peace is temporarily restored, Mona El-Nahhas reports

Iceland's volcanic cloud dealt a blow to air transport business in Egypt, but plans to expand are full steam ahead, reports Amirah Ibrahim

Niveen Wahish reports on the government's attempts to broaden the domestic bond market and on Egypt's international bond issue

Every time the US president tries painstakingly to build a coalition against Iran up pops Israel, writes Graham Usher in New York

Opening a trade fair is rather uncertain payback for past largesse, but better than nothing, notes Gamal Nkrumah

Ali Belail looks at some important historical landmarks which help us understand the significance of Sudan's recent electoral activity

The drawn-out crisis over the formation of a new government looks set to heighten tensions in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

Lebanon goes to the polls on Sunday to elect new local councils after a 12-year hiatus, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif in Beirut

Al-Qaeda has a hit list, but so does the CIA. Whose better reflects reality, wonders Nasser Arrabyee

The UN high commissioner for human rights just ended a tour of Gulf Council states, reports Dina Ezzat

The Greek chorus of outraged disquiet cannot be silenced despite the tragedy the international financial institutions are staging, says Gamal Nkrumah

Nehad Selaiha is caught in a whirl of independent theatre spring events

With world attention focusing on South Africa before the football world cup in June, last week's London Book Fair was an opportunity to explore the country's literary and cultural life, writes David Tresilian

Gamal Nkrumah struggles in order to take a dispassionate look at the insane insider information glimpsed by Nermine Hammam

Ati Metwaly goes French

Children had a memorable day at the Turkish Embassy in Cairo with all amusements laid on. Ghada Abdel-Kader was there

More than a year before the 2011 presidential elections, Egyptians are already electing their next president on Facebook, writes Mohamed El-Sayed

Amira El-Naqeeb breathes with the world on World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

One win, two losses and a draw were the produce of Egyptian clubs in this week's African football club championships. Abeer Anwar reports