Al-Ahram Weekly 21 - 28 January 1999 Issue No. 413
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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King Hussein welcomed home Tens of thousands of Jordanians braved freezing rain to welcome home King Hussein after six months of cancer treatment in the US.Lola Keilanireports from Amman Refugee camp Iraq Last weekend marked the eighth anniversary of the Gulf War, while the UN Security Council was winding up a week of intensive discussions on the future of economic sanctions against Iraq. Al-Ahram Weekly's special correspondent on Iraqi affairs explores the current situation Israel's Watergate -- Barak's salvation The Labour Party suspects Likud has launched a dirty tricks campaign in the Israeli elections. Ehud Barak should be so lucky, writesGraham Usher Ecevit -- good news for Baghdad? Leftist leader, Bulent Ecevit, became Turkey's prime minister for the fourth time in 20 years last week, ending the country's seven-week-long search for a new government. Amberin Zaman reports from Ankara

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