Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
20 - 26 August 1998
Issue No.391
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Editorial
Kick them out
The attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania underscore the need for all-out international action to stem and eventually stamp out terrorism. --read on--

Close up     Divisive allegations
Salama A. Salama
In the past few years, Sudan has repeatedly released two stories to the media, either one at a time or simultaneously. --read on--

A new version of bipolarity?
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed wonders if we are witnessing the onset of a bipolar world order once again, albeit in a new form more in keeping with the requirements of a different global context

Naguib Mahfouz
Judge and executioner
The bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam made it abundantly clear that terrorism takes no account of the amount of damage it may cause to innocent victims, whose suffering does not even achieve the terrorists' objective in the immediate term. --read on--

Soapbox
A bridge too far
By Abdel-Moneim Said

What cabinet reshuffle?
Corruption and incompetence, writes Edward Said, do not make a state. The task of building institutions from the ground up is at hand
This week:
Bill Clinton  
Sanctities in sight
Unlike Watergate, the Lewinsky investigation is about sex, says James Zogby, and whatever the final outcome, real damage has been done -- to the president, to the public and to the sovereignty of congress
Recalibrate the compass
Problems stated are not solved. What must be done to navigate the coming century? asks Jerome Binde