News headlines for this weekend are compiled by Miret el Naggar.

-The pages of the opposition daily Al Dustour were filled with news about the case of the four editors who were sentenced to year in prison for publishing allegedly false rumors about the health condition of Egypt's President Mubarak.

A committee from the journalism union is debating the issue with the government and the ruling National Democratic Party, which Mubarak heads. A group of journalists and human rights activists demonstrated yesterday in the eastern city of Mansura against the humiliation of the press.

The website of the Pan-satellite channel Al Arabiya published yesterday an interview with the lawyer who represents the plaintiff in the case against the four editors. But more interesting than the interview were the comments. Out of a total 130 comments, about a handful backed the lawyer.

"Those journalists have nothing in mind but to malign the president and the government, and tarnish their accomplishments," said Sameh from Egypt.

HAZ said "this is a rented lawyer, representing a system collapsing system that hides behind cowards like him. I wish to know what was how much he was repaid, maybe they will make him minister, since the current cabinet is not much better than him.

Farkhonda wrote that those journalists "are the most honorable people. Stop insulting people's intelligence, we've had enough."

-The independent daily Al Masry al Yom reported that a university in upper Egypt referred 26 students belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to a disciplinary committee, and 25 others were barred from the dormitories. Head of the university Ezzat Abdallah he refused that the university is turned into a platform for the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood, or any other politically active group and insisted the university stays a place for learning only. The students got into trouble for making a reception for the fresh students, where they took them on an orientation tour and handed them printed schedules, a way of welcoming the new students. But it's also an effective method of recruiting supporters for the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the reason behind the university's crackdown on the students.

-Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz, brother to King Abdullah, came under harsh criticism for suggesting the formation of a democratically elected political party. After making the comments in Cairo, he went back to find the atmosphere "electric," as he described. The Lebanese newspaper Daily Star said Talal tried to downplay his remarks by saying he would never do anything without the King's approval. Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, that doesn't have an elected parliament or political parties. In 2005 after domestic and international pressure for reform, the king allowed the country's first-ever municipal council elections, in which adult Saudi men were able to vote.