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AP says nation is stunned by sudden price hikes that affect fuel, car license fees, cigarettes, and more... Full coverage in Arabic on zahma.com...

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ECONOMY AND POLITICS
 Facebook-driven strike didn't work, says AP...

Quiet intersection... Day of protest on president's birthday draws very little response... LA times take... More from BBC...

An interesting analysis of the political scene...

Big money... 30 percent salary increase for all government employees...More from Reuters...

Meanwhile, USA Today asks: Is the bread crisis almost over?

On the brink? New book investigates the tenuous political scene...

Natural gas export to Israel begins...

Enough wheat for the next 3 months...

Race against time? Nazif promises to raise public-sector salaries by 20 per cent... Plus: Nazif asks anyone with ideas on how to deal with the economic crisis to come forward...

Post Mahalla movement... Washington Post commentator tries to interpret the political scene...  Facebook activist Esra Abdel Fattah finally released... LA Times looks at internet-based plans for a new protest... A US journalist's first hand report on Mahalla on PBS... BBC talks to Mahalla residents after the fact... 

US journalist detained during Mahalla protests becomes global symbol of the power of Twitter... Earlier: US freelance journalist detained in Mahalla... More...

Photos from a new doctors' strike...

Bahareya residents not happy about governorate shift decision...

Reuters says authorities have failed to tell Brotherhood the charges on which 25 members have been sentenced... Earlier: Harsh convictions in brotherhood military trial verdict... Protests follow...

92 per cent victory for NDP in the local polls...

An acquittal in the contaminated blood case...

Another solidarity protest in Korea...

Socio-political-economic grab-bag... "Price of cereals and bread has leapt by nearly 50% over the past 12 months..." A CNN take on the bread story, tying in Mahalla too... An opinion piece tries to gauge people politics... Another interesting opinion looks at the 6 April strike... Plus, a CNN correspondent on a top Kefaya arrest... and AP takes on the bakeries... LA Times senses tense times... Reuters reports raid on publishing house...

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MISC
 Bringing in anonymous mobile phone users...

LA Times continues to follow the ups and downs of a blogger turned author...

News in the sky... CS Monitor looks at the latest in the government versus media struggle...

Terminal 3... Work progresses on the new airport...

Latest on the Egyptian students in trouble in the US...

Crowds surround Hussein mosque for the mulid...

SHOWBIZ
 Life changing... 3 weeks in Egypt made a big difference for singer Alicia Keys...

Controversy over decision limiting Arab actors from taking part in Egyptian productions...

CRASH WATCH
9 tourists killed in fiery Sinai bus crash... Reports from AP and BBC.

11 children have drowned in the Nile in separate incidents while celebrating the country's spring festival...

MISC
 Tough stance... Cracking down on urfi marriages...

Planning for a big boost in tour dollars...

Ancient and modern mix... Luxor to get a Four Seasons...

Developments galore... Festival City announced in New Cairo..

Alarm bells... NY Times listens to Cairo's noise..

Detaining Eritrean migrants in the south...

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FOREIGN
 Intelligence chief to Israel for negotiations...

Abbas gives unconditional support...

Arresting two brotherhood members for alleged Hamas terror plot.. Hamas denies accusations...

Happy about progress on Hamas negotiations... Jimmy Carter in Cairo, looks to meet Hamas...

Guardian explores "Omar Suleiman's attempts to defuse the ticking Palestinian time bomb in Egypt's backyard."

Protest in Lebanon urges Egypt to open Gaza border... Boosting security at the border... Earlier: Beefing up the Gaza border force

Britain tries to cool Pope search situation down... Earlier: "Egypt will search British personalities going through its airports after Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was made to go through a metal detector at Heathrow Airport in London..." Earlier: Complaining to the British government about the way security treated him.

MISC
 Language to learn... Confucius Institute opens in Ismailia...

Looking for Sudanese terrorists

Another bird flu death...

Nasser's daughter ordered to pay Sadat's daughter fine for unproven claims... More from Reuters...

Human values... Visit to Egypt provides major  enlightenment for a Seattle traveler...

No change? Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians

MEDIA
 Mixing media... LA Times takes notice of a blogger who got a book contract...

Charter charter... London based satellite channel dropped from Nilesat...

Media as a business... First newspaper stock deal of its kind...

ECONOMY
 Mubrarak tells Sarkozy he's confident about economy... Finance Minister also talks shop...

The struggle goes on... a graphic shows demographic statistics and quality-of-life indicators...

Ever-expanding... Sawiris wants to buy a Greek bank... More on the mogul...

Four clear cases of globalization...1) Foreign buyer for big medical tests lab...  2) Nile delta fabric retailer seeking to buy UK or Italian clothing brand... 3) Is Egypt losing money by selling natural gas to Israel? 4) Growing wheat for Egypt in Sudan..?

Washington Post delves deeply into the bread line... Reuters digs into the bread and subsidies story...

CRASH WATCH
 Deadly speedboat