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Breaking out

As ordinary Palestinians force their way into Egypt from besieged Gaza, the Israeli-instigated humanitarian and political crisis is carried with them

Darkness, starvation and imminent death

As Gaza is completely cut off, Israel escalates its air bombing campaign in densely populated neighbourhoods, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Parochial calculations

Tragic events are laying the groundwork for Palestinian national unity, but can it happen, asks Khaled Amayreh

Egypt

NDP up in arms

The spat between Egypt and the European Parliament provoked mixed reactions in the People's Assembly, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

'Too true to be refuted'

Is the reaction to the European Parliament's resolution criticising Egypt's human rights record a case of protesting too much, asks Gihan Shahine

Footless, if not quite fancy free

Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri have been unearthed in Deir Al-Banat necropolis in Fayoum, reports Nevine El-Aref

Region

Still in crisis

The Palestinian Fatah movement will hold a general congress in March, or so one man says, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah

Inextricably linked

Paralysed by its own presidential crisis, Lebanon this week felt the reverberations of the torment of its Arab neighbours, Lucy Fielder reports

Another step back

Clashes over oil in the south may bring intra-confessional tensions again to the fore in Iraq, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti

Economy

Dancing to the beat

Egypt's first ever multi-category giant food conglomerate was launched last week. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

International

Bread and power in Pakistan

Violence and political assassinations are not the only reasons Pakistanis have had it with their government, writes Graham Usher in Rawalpindi

Sleight of hand?

Kenya's opposition, robbed of victory, is up in arms, Western powers have stepped up pressure and a flurry of diplomatic activity has ensued, writes Gamal Nkrumah

There won't be blood

Gamal Nkrumah analyses the ramifications of last Sunday's closely contested Serbian presidential poll which witnessed the largest turnout since the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic

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Sports

Go, go, go

The Middle East Karting Cup lightens up the path of discerning upcoming Arab champions in motorsport. Ahmed Morsy reports from the speed zone