Albright plays same tune
Washington, insisting that Saddam lives up to his international commitments, says it has no choice but to contain his potential for aggression
As the Iraqi dinar plummets and educational standards suffer, Khaled Dawoud in Baghdad discovers that no sector of the Iraqi society is immune to the traumatic effects of UN sanctions
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Minds under siege
IraqÍs 4.5 million schoolchildren are among the worst affected by eight years of tight UN sanctions. Al-Ahram Weekly visited an elementary school in Baghdad and spoke to Iraqi Minister of Education Fahd Al-Shakra
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SanctionsÍ millionaires
Each morning, hundreds of Iraqis head to the old Al-Kifah Street in downtown Baghdad where the value of IraqÍs ravaged currency, the dinar, is determined
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Netanyahu's nemesis?
Binyamin Netanyahu's high profile dismissal of Yitzak Mordechai was certainly dramatic. But, writes Graham Usher, the political consequences are likely to hurt the Likud leader more than any other prime ministerial contender
Watch and wait
Gamil Mattar sees the tide turning in Israel -- and the Arab world
Cash, campaigning and quite a few cooks
The Israeli elections are engaging the efforts of US policy-makers and large donations from wealthy American Zionists. James Zogby finds the outcome difficult to predict
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Bleak and challenging
Universal stagnation in the Arab world, ambiguous shifts in the regional balance of power and serious challenges for Egyptian diplomacy: 1998 was quite a year, as Dina Ezzat discovers when she reads The Arab Strategic Report
Report urges sweeping reforms
The annual Arab Strategic Report by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies urges political, economic and social reforms. Shaden Shehab and Mona El-Nahhas review the report's assessment of the domestic scene
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