23 - 29 July 1998
Issue No.387
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 23 - 29 July 1998 Issue No.387 |
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A wedding...On his 80th birthday, Saturday 18 July, South African President Nelson Mandela married his long-time companion --read on-- |
and three funerals
The popular saying in Russia today has it that the country will never be at peace until three of its most troubled leaders have been formally laid to rest: Tsar Nicholas II, Vladimir Ilich Lenin and -- Boris Yeltsin. In Moscow, Abdel-Malik Khalil analyses the latest crisis facing a Russian president who is still very much alive, while Mona Khalil reflects on the contradictory emotions provoked by the last rites of the Romanovs
Common guilt, uncommon superstition |
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Barely winning a moral argument
Although the US opposed the establishment of an independent International Criminal Court, it managed to put its stamp on the court's statute. Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome |
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West waits as Kosovo violence escalates
As the conflict between Serb forces and members of the KLA escalates, Western powers appear more uncertain as to how best to resolve the crisis. Maye Ostowani looks at the latest developments |