Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
13 - 19 August 1998
Issue No.390
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'More of the same'
AshrawiThe recent Palestinian cabinet reshuffle was a relief for some, but dismayed almost everyone else. Graham Usher in Jerusalem and Tarek Hassan in Gaza, assess the implications 		Rejecting Arafat's 'formula'
Abdel-Jawad Saleh, former Palestinian agriculture minister who announced his resignation from Arafat's new cabinet less than 24 hours after its formation, spoke to Sherine Bahaa from his home in Ramallah
SPLA insists on a secular Sudan
Following the collapse of peace talks in Addis Ababa between Sudanese SPLA rebels and the government, SPLA leader John Garang joined the meeting of major Sudanese opposition parties in Cairo to discuss plans to overthrow the Khartoum government. Mohamed Khaled writes
Tehran unimpressed by Saddam's overtures
As Iraq shapes up for a new confrontation with the US, Saddam is trying, probably in vain, to improve ties with historic foe, Iran, and other Arab countries