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4 - 10 June 1998
Issue No.380
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Ice breaking in Amman
Lola Keilani reports on efforts to marshal support for an Arab summit which will foster reconciliation while taking national policy demands into account

'France will have a say'
French President Jacques Chirac paid his third official visit to Lebanon in less than three years, marking increased efforts to break the two-year deadlock in the Middle East peace process. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut

Hamas gains Syrian ground
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's visit to Syria last week was another key stop in the Hamas leader's long tour of Arab and Islamic countries. Atef Saqr reports from Damascus

Promoting Arab-Kurdish understanding
Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, in Cairo for an Arab-Kurdish dialogue, spoke to Rasha Saad about the Kurds' commitment to a united, federated and democratic Iraq

The soul of Fatah
Hani Al-Hassan is a "historic" leader of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. He spoke to Graham Usher in Gaza about his opposition to the Oslo peace accord and his vision of the Palestinian struggle

More than liberation from the chador
Last year, Iranian women helped vote President Mohammad Khatami into power. Today, as Dina Ezzat reports, they still stand behind him
IranKhatami celebrates, conservatives vociferate
As Iranians celebrate Khatami's first year in office, analysts are ambivalent about the president's performance and the situation of the country. Safa Haeri writes