Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
28 Jan. - 3 Feb. 1999
Issue No. 414
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Back issues Current issue

Kosovo
Balkan acid test

Can the Western alliance still assert its authority in troubled Kosovo? asks Gamal Nkrumah

Undermining Romania's greatness
Fascist henchmen, Scargills of the Carpathians, or mere bargaining chips on the gaming table of international finance? Gavin Bowd assesses the miners' revolt
French fascism fragments
A bitter power struggle has split France's far-right National Front Party in two.Hosny Abdel-Rehim reports from Paris
Friendly fire
American Foreign Secretary Madeleine Albright frantically attempted to mend relations with the Kremlin, but serious differences remain, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from Moscow
Pluck of the playboy
Just bribe the poor

Clinton's State of the Union speech was full of startling pledges and high ambition. But has the errant president dazzled the Senate sufficiently for them to discard charges against him of "perjury" and "obstruction of justice"? asks Eqbal Ahmad

Trying times

While Bill Clinton seems set to survive his ordeal in the Senate, writes Mohamed Hakki from Washington, it is American institutions that are sustaining the real damage
 

 

 
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