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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 3 - 9 September 1998 Issue No.393
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NAM soldiers on
Is the Non-Aligned Movement, the Third World's premier talking shop, a spent force, asks Gamal Nkrumah

Take it or leave it, says US
Libya is seeking an agreement with Britain and the United States on "modalities and arrangements" before the appearance of two suspects in the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie before a Scottish court in the Netherlands. But the US administration insists that there is nothing to discuss, reports Hoda Tawfik from Washington

Libya seeks better terms
After the Security Council resolution last week backing the proposed trial in The Hague of two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing, Tripoli remains reluctant to hand over its citizens. Rasha Saad rounds up the latest developments

Billiards on the beach: sand, sun, sea and... pool cues? Holidaymakers can take in the view, paddle in the waves or brush up on their game as the sun goes down. Alexandria has a brand new look, and the summer crowds seem to love it --read on--

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Wish you were here?
The tragic death of a student at the seaside resort of Marina has focused attention on the conduct of Egypt's super rich, when they holiday. It is not a pretty picture, reports Mariz Tadros

Ibrahim Nafie:

Fighting the war
of the future

Hassan Nafaa:
Can the US
do the job?

Theatre:

Play it again, Sam
Nehad Selaiha

50 Years of Disposession

War of night and day Faysal Hourani