Grey wolves rising
A surge in support for ultra-nationalists in the general elections has sent a shock wave through the Turkish political establishment and is likely to have far-reaching implications for the country's domestic and foreign policies. Gareth Jenkins reports from Ankara
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Arnoun recaptured
Israeli troops have sealed off Arnoun for the second time in two months, and fired at journalists. But, as Zeina Khodr reports from the southern Lebanese village, this time the Israelis intend to keep it under its control
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Now the money
is on Mordechai
Most Israeli commentators had viewed the Israeli elections as a contest between Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. Following a televised "election" debate aired last week, that wisdom is becoming challenged. Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem
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Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika, the army and the regime's candidate, won the Algerian presidential elections uncontested. What promised to be a "democratic wedding" turned sour, as six out of seven candidates charged rigging and withdrew from the poll. Khaled Dawoud saw it happen
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Bouteflika wins,
but who's the loser?
Some commentators, however, say the candidates pulled out because they felt their chances had been weakened after Mahfouz Nahnah, the pragmatic leader of the Movement for Peaceful Society -- better known as Hamas -- announced he had joined three other major parties in supporting Bouteflika. --read on--
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'Give him one year'
In spite of the marred election that brought him to power, Bouteflika may yet deliver on his campaign promises of national reconciliation and better living conditions for Algerians
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'The game was up'
Why did the six withdraw? Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, Bouteflika's most powerful contender, tells Al-Ahram Weekly the reasons
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