Al-Ahram Weekly Online   13 - 19 January 2011
Issue No. 1031
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Judicial responsibility
For the second time in 10 days President Hosni Mubarak has underlined constitutional commitments to equality between Muslims and Copts, reports Dina Ezzat
Step in the right direction
An engineering firm that has carried out repairs to the White House and Windsor Castle is to help rectify earthquake damage to the Step Pyramid. Jenny Jobbins reports from Wales
Swine flu recurs
The incidence of swine flu infections remains within the expected range, Reem Leila reports
The national split
There's a divorce every three minutes in Egypt. Al-Ahram Weekly goes over a stark report
Yacoub granted highest award
President Hosni Mubarak awarded prominent cardiac surgeon Magdi Yacoub the Grand Order of the Nile...
Diplomatic deadlock
Egyptian and international efforts to put the peace process back on track flounder in the face of Israeli intransigence, reports Doaa El-Bey
EU and Vatican criticised
The People's Assembly launched a scathing attack against the European Parliament accusing it of disseminating false reports about the "repression of Christians" in Egypt, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
A momentous mass
Gamal Nkrumah notes that last Thursday's Coptic Christmas mass was neither merry nor melancholy but was time for retrospection
The search for evidence
Two weeks after the New Year's Eve attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria and there is no end in sight to the investigations, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Digital tolerance
In the wake of the Alexandria church bombing, a new online initiative promotes dialogue between Egyptians instead of incitement, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Supporting needy hearts
More health services are to be provided for heart patients, reports Reem Leila

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