International - Al-Ahram Weekly

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 10 - 16 September 1998 Issue No.394
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Economic ruin, political chaos Russia's prime minister blames central bank for financial crisis but can he save his own skin, asks Abdel-Malik Khalil from Moscow	Cold comfort for Kosovar Continued Serb aggression is causing a flood of refugees from Kosovo. Samia Nkrumah interviewed EU Commissioner Emma Bonino in Rome upon her return from the war-torn province about the crisis
Time better spent on the sidelines There's no salutary lesson to be learnt from a genocidal agenda, writes Gamal Nkrumah	Japan's close shave A stunned Japan issued a draft of largely symbolic measures on Tuesday in reprisal after North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile over its territory without warning Deadly waters Much of Asia is likely to face food shortages in coming months as a result of floods which have spilled across the region, ravaging croplands since June
Day of reckoning From the indigenous peoples of the Americas to the Palestinians, the victims of Western brutality are many. Why is it that only Jews are compensated for past sins committed against them, asks Jooneed Khan