25 June - 1 July 1998
Issue No.383
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 25 June - 1 July 1998 Issue No.383 |
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 Kicking
against KhatamiWhile Iranians celebrated their "historic" football victory over the US, the country's conservative clerics scored what is perhaps their most significant success yet against President Khatami. Safa Haeri writes |
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| Free
press in danger Jordanian journalists are in an uproar over a new press law that they see as a violation of freedom of expression and an attempt to curb media criticism on Israel. Lola Keilani reports from Amman |
Turmoil
in Yemen Thousands took to the streets of Sanaa and other major Yemeni cities to protest IMF/World Bank-inspired price hikes. Maye Ostowani looks into the uneasy calm that followed the rioting |
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goes out to Arab-Americans An unprecedented meeting between Arab League officials and key Arab-Americans aimed to create an influential Arab lobby in the US. Rasha Saad reports |
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