Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
3 - 9 September 1998
Issue No.393
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Development update
A Cabinet meeting yesterday, chaired by Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri, took stock of President Hosni Mubarak's directives concerning mega industrial and agricultural projects, reports Nevine Khalil 		Toshka
A liberal dose of bickering
The Shura Council's Political Parties Committee has asked the Liberal Party to elect a new chairman in two months. But, as Nadia Abul-Magd reports, the committee's decision has not ended internal bickering 		Life of the party
The one-party system was replaced over two decades ago by a thriving multi-party system. How thriving? Fatemah Farag tries to find out
Who are
the UK-based militants?
As Britain acts to restrict the activities of militants taking refuge on its territory, Ahmed Moussa profiles a number of London-based militant Islamist figures 		Dying in secret
Cairo continues to deny it has arrested Abu Nidal, the notorious Palestinian leader accused of masterminding numerous terrorist attacks. Khaled Dawoud reports
'A moral victory for freedom'
The Court of Cassation quashed a six-month sentence against journalist Gamal Fahmi just three weeks before he would have completed his jail term. Amira Ibrahim visits the newly-released prisoner 		Fahmi
Officer suspended
for assaulting journalist
An innocuous prison visit quickly turned ugly for one unsuspecting journalist. A member of the Press Syndicate's Council was physically attacked by a prison officer. Gihan Shahine reports
Prison deaths spark controversy
The death of three inmates inside a Port Said prison revived human rights activists' accusations -- hotly denied by the interior ministry -- about deteriorating conditions inside Egyptian prisons. Amira Ibrahim investigates