Politics/headline news
Uncertain itinerary: Powell in town
(cairolive.com, April 9, 2002) US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Cairo this afternoon after meeting with King Mohamed 6 in Morocco yesterday. King Mohamed -- in some way reflecting the sentiment in the Arab world that Powell's trip is not really meant to ensure Israel's rapid withdrawal from Palestinian cities -- asked the US Secretary of State why he did not go straight to the heart of the conflict in Jerusalem first.
Powell will be meeting with President Hosni Mubarak as he attempts to sound out moderate Arab views regarding the escalating crisis.

updated:
At the edge of a drop
Weary of the ramifications of a long-term deterioration, Powell -- in Cairo on Tuesday -- said that the US would send monitors if need be (April 10, 2002)

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Politics/headline news
Medicine on the way?
(cairolive.com, April 9, 2002) Front page items in Tuesday's Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar indicate that Israel opened up the border with Egypt at Rafah to allow a shipment of health supplies collected by Egyptian NGOs to cross over into the occupied Palestinian territories. On Monday Al-Wafd had reported that the border had been sealed off indefinitely, and that the supplies were not able to get through.

Economy
Is Syria dumping cotton?
(cairolive.com, April 9, 2002) The Economy Ministry has decided to impose a 150 per cent customs duty on cotton products coming in from Syria for the next year, in a move it claims is meant to protect Egyptian industry from unfair dumping practices.
An item on Al-Akhbar's front page also reports that an Egyptian delegation will be visiting Syrian factories in an attempt to find out the exact production costs of the cotton goods in question.

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