Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
15 - 21 April 1999
Issue No. 425
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Index of issues This week's issue

A tentative agreement
Regional security arrangements? Ahmed Abdel-Halim sees slow progress as the best solution

The UN's death certificate
Should we compare Kosovo and Iraq? Hassan Nafaa sees no reason to

The water bomb
Celebrating Water Day this year has been marked by clear indications that water shortage is reaching critical levels worldwide. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments

Kosovo's real precedent
The Serbs are nothing like the Nazis, writes Ghada Karmi; if anything, Slobodan Milosevic is inspired by Moshe Dayan

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
A simple plan
Before embarking on its military intervention in Kosovo, NATO had initially planned to launch an intensive air campaign against strategic Yugoslav targets. The aim was to break Milosevic's resistance in a few days and compel Serbian forces to cease massacring the Kosovars.--read on--

Editorial
The litmus test

Naguib Mahfouz
People's principles
Are the NATO strikes on Kosovo prompted by a principled stand against Serb atrocities, or by political considerations and the attempt to protect European and US interests? --read on--

Soapbox
Points of order

Salah Bassiouni


This week:
Keizo Obuchi

 

 

 
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