Year 21 in the balance
As Israel's occupation of Lebanese territories enters its 21st year, tension has heightened, raising questions about what the future may hold. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut
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Whose conspiracy?
In 1996 two Palestinians were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for plotting to bomb Israeli targets in London. They may have been wrongfully convicted. Graham Usher writes from London
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Arafat bows to street pressure
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has bowed to public pressure and promised to review a death sentence passed last week against a Hamas activist. Khaled Amayreh reports
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Preemptive diplomacy
The Iranian president's visit to Italy and other planned foreign tours are aimed at mobilising support for Tehran to face possible US threats, writes Abdel-Azim Hammad
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Dogged by rumour
A rumour that a Lebanese singer named her dog after the Prophet has provoked calls in Jordan for her death and a boycott of her songs in some Arab countries. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut
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Turkey braces for PKK vengeance
A series of bombings that shook Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, forced many Turks to stay at home and left them with little faith in their politicians, Gareth Jenkins writes from Istanbul
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Algerian army
plays with fire
The tables may yet turn on those who felt relieved by Algeria's Constitutional Council's decision to exclude the country's main Islamist leader from running in the upcoming presidential elections, writes Hisham Fahim in Algiers
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In the eye of the beholder
The crowning of an Arab woman as Miss Israel is being seen in Israeli Arab circles as a politically motivated. But Rana Raslan tells Mohamed Al-Masry she won simply because she is beautiful
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