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18 - 24 June 1998
Issue No.382
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Light at end of the Iraqi tunnel?
UN chief weapons inspector Richard Butler said his team could conclude its work in Iraq in two months. Al-Ahram Weekly looks at the implications for Iraq's suffering people 		away

Waiting for Yassin
Will the return to Gaza of Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, signal a new phase in his relations with Arafat? Graham Usher in Jerusalem investigates

Meeting beyond Oslo
The mood at last week's Jerusalem Conference on "50 Years of Israeli Violations of Palestinian Human Rights" was vibrant and militant

'Patriots'
who disagree
Egyptian and Israeli peace activists last week issued an unprecedented joint statement. Nevine Khalil spoke to a young leader in the Israeli delegation

Amal-Hizbullah rivalry
delays prisoner swap
Shi'ite rivalry peaked during the last round of municipal and mayoral elections in Lebanon, hindering a prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut
African leaders give Libya a hand
In a defiant move, African countries said they would break the six-year-old UN sanctions on Libya. Rasha Saad reports
Jaber keeps ship afloat
After days of intensive consultations, Kuwait's emir succeeded in containing a bitter feud between the government and parliament. Sherine Bahaa reviews the situation
Dialogue on the border
Michel Warshawsky, director of the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem, talked to Faiza Rady about what it means to be on the side of the oppressed while belonging to the nation that oppresses them