Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
24 - 30 September 1998
Issue No.396
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Building anti-terrorism consensus
President Mubarak has repeatedly called for an international conference to combat terrorism, but how receptive is the world community? Nevine Khalil sounds out the experts
Sadat's life
but not his death

A screenplay focusing on Anwar El-Sadat's assassination has been rejected by the authorities, but another script on the late president's entire life was given the go-ahead. Hanan Sabra reports
Noureddin Prisoner's death revives Camp David debate
Condemned as a terrorist to a 25-year prison term, the leader of the underground Egypt's Revolution group, Mahmoud Noureddin, is viewed as a hero by some sections of Egyptian public opinion. Fatemah Farag reports on reactions to his death while in prison
The Taliban connection
Will the Taliban, which controls 90 per cent of Afghanistan's territory, restrict the activities of Osama Bin Laden and others like him? Ahmed Moussa attempts an answer
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Student weeding strategy
Immunity dropped
Destructive trees
A happy ending
Journalists lash back
at Netanyahu

Egyptian journalists have responded angrily to Israeli accusations that the Egyptian press is anti-Semitic. Nadia Abul-Magd reports
Centre II turned down
An attempt by a group of moderate Islamists and others to establish a political party has been quashed but, as Amira Howeidy reports, the group has vowed to fight on
Museum
beneath murky waters

A cancelled diving trip by Monaco's Crown Prince highlights discussions regarding the construction of Alexandria's underwater museum. Nevine El-Aref reports
Balancing ecology and economy
The government has gone back on a pledge to relocate three highly polluting cement factories from the Cairo suburb of Helwan. Sherine Nasr finds out why