Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
16 - 22 July 1998
Issue No.386
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Hamas'Hamas reserves the right to resist'
In an exclusive interview with Graham Usher, Hamas Leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin discusses the significance of his recent tour, relations between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the principles that underpin Hamas' military struggle against Israel
Sudan Starving in the Sudan
As over two million people stare death in the face, Jihan El-Alaily reports from Bahr Al-Ghazal on the tragedy of southern Sudan
 Lebanon cracks down on 'saboteurs'
Lebanese authorities hope that a recent crackdown on a sabotage network and a pro-Israeli spy ring will maintain international confidence in the country's post-war status. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut		 After Oslo -- whose disaster?
The IDF's intelligence services are warning of war in 1999. If their predictions come true, writes Henry Siegman, the Israelis will have no one to blame but themselves