Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
12 - 18 November 1998
Issue No.403
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On the brink
Baghdad remains defiant in the face of escalating US preparations for a military strike 		Mubarak In search of diplomatic solutions
The standoff between the US and Iraq and the continuing lack of progress in the peace process were at the heart of statements made by President Mubarak this week, writes Nevine Khalil
Baghdad defiant, as US ponders options
While Iraq dug in its heels, Washington was considering new options to deal with Saddam Hussein's latest defiance, writes Al-Ahram Weekly's special correspondent on Iraqi affairs

A gulf of opinion over Iraq
As the US becomes more impatient with Iraq, the Gulf states are becoming increasingly in favour of a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Mervat Diab gauges on the mood in the oil-rich region

Nafie
The same old game
Ibrahim Nafie

Qalawoun
Ottoman spoils

Moussa statement
No conditions
Municipal elections
Underground, underwater
Some 20 metres underground a subway train has passed beneath the Nile. Rehab Saad witnessed the testing of the new line connecting Cairo and Giza

Hotel
The party's over
"Close to the casino a fashionable summer hotel by the side of a sea that seems specially fresh and blue. --read on--

Hilal Talking Arabic, feeling Turkish
Turkish Kurdistan: The extinction of a forgotten people