Egyptian press highlights 2 Mar 06.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The following lists selected items from the Egyptian press on the Internet on 2 March:

Al-Ahram newspaper website

1. Report by Ahmad Musa on the release and extradition of three British subjects who were convicted in connection with al-Tahrir party case. (p 24; 200 words)

2. Report on the launch of a new intellectual grouping, the Egyptian Secularist Current, by three societies to unite secularist efforts to establish democracy and consolidate liberal currents. (p 1; 300 words; processing)

3. Editorial cautions of the risks involved in attempts by major countries, primarily the United …