Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
17 - 23 September 1998
Issue No.395
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map
Bill Clinton turns to God
Ironically, Clinton's opponents happen to be his best allies. The danger lies in his own party, writes Eqbal Ahmad

Choose your own ending
This is yet another article about the sex life of the president of the United States. What has the world come to, asks Tarek Atia, when all it can talk about is Bill Clinton's cigar?

Apologies
Voice of the people
Human rights, water and combating drug trafficking and crime dominated discussions at the 100th IPU meeting, Sami Metwalli writes from Moscow 		The right man for the job
Osama El-Baz finds cause for optimism in the appointment of Yevgeny Primakov as Russia's new prime minister

Primakov at the helm
The Russian ruble soared against the dollar as former foreign minister, Yevgeny Primakov, was confirmed as the country's new prime minister. Mona Abdel-Malek reports from Moscow

Clinton turns attention
to world economy
Forget "Monicagate." Watch out for the Rubin and Greenspan show also starring Bill Clinton, writes Gamal Nkrumah