Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 5 - 11 November 1998 Issue No.402
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		Worse than Oslo Hamas has been under tremendous pressure since the signing of the Wye Plantation agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. In an interview with Sherine Bahaa, the head of the group's Amman-based politbureau, Khaled Meshaal, explains why Hamas opposes the deal
Clampdown short of war Despite a wide-scale clampdown and a vociferous war of words, relations between the PA and Hamas have not passed beyond the point of no return, Khaled Amayreh, in Hebron, writes		Hamas in their sights If adhering to its side of the bargain at Wye Plantation means that the PA has set out to eradicate Hamas, all hell is likely to break loose, writes Graham Usher
	The Sidon go-between Lebanese officials and political groups link the recent Wye Plantation Accord to a series of attacks in Sidon. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut

	Stand-offs ad nauseam Iraq's latest decision to halt cooperation with UN weapons inspectors has triggered a new stand-off with the US which, writes Al-Ahram Weekly's special correspondent on Iraqi affairs, was neither wanted nor useful
Algeria's change of plans Presidential elections in Algeria will be postponed until April. From Algiers, Hisham Fahim explains why	Unveiling democracy The upcoming municipal elections in Qatar is part and parcel of the new regime's attempt to strengthen its internal support base in a difficult geopolitical context, Mervat Diab writes
Pipe-line intrigues beyond 007 Turkey's long-cherished goal of becoming a strategic point linking the oil-rich Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union to Western markets remains in sight, writes Amberin Zaman from Ankara

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