16 - 22 July 1998
Issue No.386
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 16 - 22 July 1998 Issue No.386 |
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goes the bubble Japan's economic crisis has brought about the downfall of Prime Minister Ryutara Hashimoto in the wake of the worst results for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in municipal elections since World War II, writes Mohamed Khaled |
 A young boy watches the Protestant Orangemen march along the Ormeau Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland --see caption-- |
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| Still
vulnerable in America The influence of Arab Americans on the US political scene is growing, but it is still weakened by racism, writes James Zogby |
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| Lagos
holds its breath Politics, like football, is full of dramatic reversals, and no one knows that better than Nigerians, writes Peter Mwesige |
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